title: Diagnostic problems in a patient with amicrofilaremic Loa loa.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan. myoshika@naramed-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Yukiteru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ouji
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiofuku
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishizaka
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Eisaku
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Fukumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yukifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nawa
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D007559:Ivermectin