التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: |
Prolonged latent schistosomiasis diagnosed 38 years after infestation in a HIV patient. |
المؤلفون: |
Payet, Barry1 (AUTHOR) barry.payet3@tiscali.fr, Chaumentin, Gilles1 (AUTHOR), Boyer, Michelle2 (AUTHOR), Amaranto, Paula1 (AUTHOR), Lemonon-Meric, Claire3 (AUTHOR), Lucht, Frederic4 (AUTHOR) |
المصدر: |
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Jul2006, Vol. 38 Issue 6/7, p572-575. 4p. 1 Chart. |
مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*SCHISTOSOMIASIS, *SCHISTOSOMA mansoni, *HIV-positive persons, *IMMUNODEFICIENCY, *BLOOD vessels, *BIOPSY |
مستخلص: |
We report a case of Schistosoma mansoni bilharziasis in a HIV patient 38 y after leaving an endemic region. A viable S. mansoni egg on a liver biopsy sample was diagnostic. Despite severe concomitant immunodeficiency the effective treatment was a single dose of praziquantel. Worms’ intravascular longevity and the role of immunodeficiency as a possible factor in eggs retention after such prolonged latent schistosomiasis are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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