Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- 제25권2호
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- Pages.185-187
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- 1987
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
로아사상충증으로 생각되는 Calabar Swelling 치험 1예
A Cabe of Calabar Swelling Suspected as Loiasis
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Min, Deuk-Yeong
(Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University Medicine College) ;
- So, Jin-Tak (Department of Parasitology, Wonkwang University Medical College) ;
- Yun, Jin-U (Yoon's Medical Clinic)
- 발행 : 1987.12.01
초록
Thia report deals with an imported case of calamar swelling suspective of loiasis, who had been in Nigeria, Africa for 2 years. This 33-year-old Korean technician was admitted to Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Medical Center, because of erythematous swellings on left hand and foot. His peripheral blood showed persistent eosinophilia (over 30% of WBC), increased IgE(1,000unit/ml) and significantly high antialarial antibody titer with ensyme immunoassay, although no microfilaria was detected on the periplleral blood films. Under the impression of Loa lea infection diethylcarbamasine was administered for a month. Four months later mobile swellings and eosinophilia disappeared, and anti-filarial antibody titers were normalized. It is assumed that the patient had suffered from Loa lea infection, which is the first report on loiasis in Korea.
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