Case Report: Successful Treatment of a Patient with Microfilaremic Dirofilariasis Using Doxycycline

We report the case of a 56-year-old woman with microfilaremic dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens, which is a very rare condition in humans. Of note, just one of six large-volume blood samples of this patient was positive for microfilariae. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of the...

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Autores principales: Lechner, Arno M., Gastager, Herbert, Kern, Jan Marco, Wagner, Birgit, Tappe, Dennis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7124902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32043447
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0744

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7124902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32043447
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0744

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