title: Filarial chyluria as a rare cause of urinary retention.
abstract: We herein describe a case of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in a previously healthy 37-year-old Nepalese man. The patient presented with a history of milky urine with subsequent acute urinary retention lasting for a few days. The presence of microfilariae was confirmed on both peripheral blood and urine smears obtained at midnight. He was conservatively treated with diethylcarbamazine combined with doxycycline. Filariasis was previously endemic in southern parts of Japan, although it has been eradicated. Clinicians should remember filariasis as a potential etiology of urinary retention, especially in cases that may be associated with imported infectious disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideharu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagiya
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terasaka
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Asuka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Satou
authors.forename: Kikuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Waseda
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hanayama
authors.forename: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Michinori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoe
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iio
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Eisei
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Otsuka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016482:Urinalysis; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D005369:Filaricides; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine