Diagnostic problems in a patient with amicrofilaremic Loa loa.
We report a Japanese patient with loiasis who became infected in Cameroon. Despite the clinical history and laboratory data providing adequate evidence for suspecting loiasis, microfilariae were not detected in the blood. It is important to note that most infected travelers whose home countries are in nonendemic regions are amicrofilaremic.
Yoshikawa
Masahide
M
Department of Parasitology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan. myoshika@naramed-u.ac.jp
Ouji
Yukiteru
Y
Hayashi
Noriko
N
Moriya
Kei
K
Nishiofuku
Mariko
M
Ishizaka
Shigeaki
S
Itoh
Makoto
M
Kimura
Eisaku
E
Nakamura
Fukumi
F
Nawa
Yukifumi
Y
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002163:Cameroon; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008118:Loiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel
D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D007559:Ivermectin