title: [Mansonelliasis identified by a cervicovaginal smear at the university hospital center of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mansonella perstans is a genus of filaria that is often asymptomatic or responsible for unspecific symptoms. M. perstans microfilariae are uncommon on cervicovaginal smears.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a woman with pruritis and eosinophilia. Microfilariae of M. perstans were observed on both cervicovaginal and blood smears. The patient was successfully treated with a combined single dose of 400 mg of albendazole and ivermectin (150 μg/kg).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We described here an atypical and rare localization of M. perstans. The routine examination of cervicovaginal smears of women admitted to Bobo-Dioulasso Hospital for screening of cervical neoplasia should allow us to determine the frequency of this parasitosis and propose appropriate treatment.
authors: Service de parasitologie-mycologie de l'Institut supérieur des sciences de la santé, Université polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Bamba
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Barro-Traoré
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Liance
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Da
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Sanou
authors: T R
authors: TR
authors: Guiguemdé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008366:Mansonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008368:Mansonelliasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears
keywords: Burkina Faso; Mansonella perstans; cervicovaginal smear; filariosis