Mansonella perstans

Mansonella perstans) roundworm A.scaris lumbricoides) Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis) ... 

A 55-year-old woman from Cameroon took oral albendazole 200 mg bd for a symptomatic L. loa infection with microfilaremia of 152 microfilariae/ml and a Mansonella perstans infection of 133 microfilariae/ml. Three days after the start of therapy she developed an encephalopathy. Albendazole was withdrawn and she recovered without any specific treatment within the next 16 hours. On day 4, the L. loa microfilarial count was 29 microfilariae/ml. 

For tropical eosinophilia, diethylcarbamazine is given orally at a dosage of 2 mg/kg three times daily for 7 days. Diethylcarbamazine is effective in Mansonella streptocerca infections, since it kills both adults and microfilariae. Limited information suggests that the drug is not effective, however, against adult M ozzardi or M perstans and that it has limited activity against microfilariae of these parasites. An important application of diethylcarbamazine has been mass treatment... 

Filariasis Wudiereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi, Dipetalonema perstans Suramin, diethylcarbamazine mebendazole, levamisole, ivermectin... 

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