Streptocerciasis: degeneration of adult Dipetalonema streptocerca in man following diethylcarbamazine therapy.

Authors :: Meyers WM
Moris R
Neafie RC
Connor DH
Bourland J
Source :: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 1978 Nov; Vol. 27 (6), pp. 1137-47.
Publication Year :: 1978
Abstract: Thirty-three patients in Zaire with streptocerciasis were treated daily with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) for 21 days. Histopathologic studies of biopsy specimens with papules of skin established that during DEC treatment adult male and female Dipetalonema streptocerca die and degenerate. DEC may thus produce radical cures of streptocerciasis.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Adult
Child
Dipetalonema Infections pathology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Skin pathology
Diethylcarbamazine therapeutic use
Dipetalonema drug effects
Dipetalonema Infections drug therapy
Filariasis drug therapy

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