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Case report: intraocular localization of Mansonella perstans in a patient from south Chad
Enrico Rino Bregani1, Tiziana Ceraldi, Angelo Rovellini
1Emergency Medicine Division, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCCS, Milan, Italy. rino_bregani@yahoo.it
Abstract:
A case of Mansonella perstans infection with visual impairment and a retinal lesion is described. After a course of diethylcarbamazine and a further course of mebendazole the symptoms improved and the microfilariae blood concentration decreased. The symptoms and response to antifilarial treatment strongly suggested the intraocular localization of an M. perstans worm.