Loiasis from where you don’t expect it: an illustrative case of misled diagnosis

In the absence of pathognomonic signs, the diagnosis of filarial infections relies on geographical exposure and morphology of microfilariae, which requires expertise. We present a case of loiasis in a patient not reporting exposure in areas of known Loa loa endemicity, whose diagnosis was achieved b...

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Autores principales: Nicolini, Ambra Laura, Tamarozzi, Francesca, Pomari, Elena, Mistretta, Manuela, Camera, Marco, Sepulcri, Chiara, Bassetti, Matteo, Gobbi, Federico G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
Materias:
Clinical Pearls
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9635057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35532187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac060

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9635057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35532187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac060

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