Lymphatic Filariasis

N Engl J Med. 2024 May 9;390(18):e43. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm2313316. Epub 2024 May 4.

Authors

Matiar Madanchi¹, Peter Itin²

Affiliations

¹ University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland matiar.madanchi@usb.ch.
² Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 38708851
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2313316

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Albendazole / administration & dosage
Albendazole / therapeutic use
Animals
Diethylcarbamazine / administration & dosage
Diethylcarbamazine / therapeutic use
Doxycycline / therapeutic use
Edema / etiology
Edema / parasitology
Elephantiasis, Filarial* / complications
Elephantiasis, Filarial* / diagnosis
Elephantiasis, Filarial* / drug therapy
Filaricides* / administration & dosage
Filaricides* / therapeutic use
Humans
Leg
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Penis
Scrotum
Treatment Outcome
Wuchereria bancrofti* / isolation & purification