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Case Reports
. 2002 Jan 16;91(3):61-6.
doi: 10.1024/0369-8394.91.3.61.

[Mansonella perstans filariasis after stay in Cameroon. A 19-year-old patient born in Cameroon, in Switzerland for the last 10 years]

[Article in German]
G Kiefer  1 , M Battegay, N Gyr, C Hatz
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Case Reports

[Mansonella perstans filariasis after stay in Cameroon. A 19-year-old patient born in Cameroon, in Switzerland for the last 10 years]

[Article in German]
G Kiefer et al. Praxis (Bern 1994). .

Abstract

After a spending three weeks in Cameroon, a 19-year-old woman presented in the emergency room with sudden lancinating pain in the lower abdomen, predominantly on the right side. A blood smear tested for presumed malaria showed subperiodic microfilariae of the species Mansonella perstans. The patient was treated with mebendazole (Vermox).

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