Slithering Through the Bone Marrow: Loiasis in a Patient With Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus-1-Associated Adult T-Cell Lymphoma.

HTLV-1 Loa loa loiasis microfilaremia

Journal

Open forum infectious diseases
ISSN: 2328-8957
Titre abrégé: Open Forum Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101637045

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Historique:
received: 01 09 2020
accepted: 22 10 2020
entrez: 18 12 2020
pubmed: 19 12 2020
medline: 19 12 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Loiasis is a filarial disease endemic to areas of Central and West Africa. We present a case of Loa loa microfilaremia in a patient with HTLV-1-related adult T-cell lymphoma. This case may suggest the possible role of cellular immunity in controlling microfilaria burden.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33335934
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa526
pii: ofaa526
pmc: PMC7731528
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

ofaa526

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.

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Auteurs

Carl Boodman (C)

Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Daniel Marko (D)

Department of Pathology, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Yoav Keynan (Y)

Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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