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01.12.2015 | Images in Infection
Refractory chyluria due to filariasis
verfasst von:
Hideharu Hagiya, Fumio Otsuka
Erschienen in:
Infection
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Ausgabe 6/2015
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Excerpt
We previously reported a Nepalese man who suffered from chyluria secondary to
Wuchereria bancrofti infection [
1]. Two weeks of diethylcarbamazine (DEC, 450 mg per day divided into three doses) resulted in treatment failure, and another 4 weeks of DEC combined with doxycycline (200 mg per day divided into two doses) successfully eradicated the parasitosis. …