Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy

We describe the outcomes of 16 cases of imported loiasis in Italy. Patients had microfilaremia <20,000/mL and were treated with high-dose albendazole for 28 days and a single dose of ivermectin. This combination might be an effective treatment option in nonendemic areas, when diethylcarbamazine,...

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Autores principales: Gobbi, Federico, Buonfrate, Dora, Tamarozzi, Francesca, Degani, Monica, Angheben, Andrea, Bisoffi, Zeno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310225
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190011
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author Gobbi, Federico
Buonfrate, Dora
Tamarozzi, Francesca
Degani, Monica
Angheben, Andrea
Bisoffi, Zeno
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description We describe the outcomes of 16 cases of imported loiasis in Italy. Patients had microfilaremia <20,000/mL and were treated with high-dose albendazole for 28 days and a single dose of ivermectin. This combination might be an effective treatment option in nonendemic areas, when diethylcarbamazine, the drug of choice, is not available.
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spelling pubmed-66493452019-08-01 Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy Gobbi, Federico Buonfrate, Dora Tamarozzi, Francesca Degani, Monica Angheben, Andrea Bisoffi, Zeno Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We describe the outcomes of 16 cases of imported loiasis in Italy. Patients had microfilaremia <20,000/mL and were treated with high-dose albendazole for 28 days and a single dose of ivermectin. This combination might be an effective treatment option in nonendemic areas, when diethylcarbamazine, the drug of choice, is not available. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6649345/ /pubmed/31310225 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190011 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Gobbi, Federico
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Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy
title Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy
title_full Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy
title_fullStr Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy
title_short Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy
title_sort efficacy of high-dose albendazole with ivermectin for treating imported loiasis, italy
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649345/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190011
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