Case report: intraocular localization of Mansonella perstans in a patient from south Chad.
A case of Mansonella perstans infection with visual impairment and a retinal lesion is described. After a course of diethylcarbamazine and a further course of mebendazole the symptoms improved and the microfilariae blood concentration decreased. The symptoms and response to antifilarial treatment strongly suggested the intraocular localization of an M. perstans worm.
Bregani
Enrico Rino
ER
Emergency Medicine Division, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCCS, Milan, Italy. rino_bregani@yahoo.it
Ceraldi
Tiziana
T
Rovellini
Angelo
A
Ghiringhelli
Chiara
C
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008366:Mansonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008368:Mansonelliasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008842:Microfilariae; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000469:parasitology
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D005369:Filaricides; D008463:Mebendazole; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine