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diethylcarbamazine and Loa loa Filariasis

diethylcarbamazine has been researched along with Loa loa Filariasis in 88 studies

Diethylcarbamazine: An anthelmintic used primarily as the citrate in the treatment of filariasis, particularly infestations with Wucheria bancrofti or Loa loa.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) treatment of loiasis is complicated by adverse reactions that are correlated with the number of circulating microfilariae (mf)."9.41A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Pilot Study of Single-dose Humanized Anti-IL5 Antibody (Reslizumab) for the Reduction of Eosinophilia Following Diethylcarbamazine Treatment of Loa loa Infection. ( Fay, MP; Herrick, J; Holland-Thomas, N; Klion, AD; Legrand, F; Makiya, M; Nutman, TB; Ramanathan, R; Rampertaap, S; Stoddard, J; Thompson, R; Ware, J, 2021)
"Although diethylcarbamazine is curative in approximately 60% of patients who acquire loiasis as long-term visitors to an endemic area, some individuals continue to have signs and symptoms of infection despite multiple courses of diethylcarbamazine."7.70Albendazole therapy for loiasis refractory to diethylcarbamazine treatment. ( Horton, J; Klion, AD; Nutman, TB, 1999)
"Although successful treatment of loiasis with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) has been reported, little is known about the long-term success rate of therapy or the predisposing factors for treatment failure."7.69Effectiveness of diethylcarbamazine in treating loiasis acquired by expatriate visitors to endemic regions: long-term follow-up. ( Klion, AD; Nutman, TB; Ottesen, EA, 1994)
"To prevent the side effects as encephalitis, related with diethylcarbamazine treatment in loiasis, an exchange blood transfusion was proposed."7.68[Value of filariopheresis in the treatment of Loa loa filariasis]. ( Bisaro, F; Bourée, P; Duedari, N; Norol, F, 1993)
"Five cases of encephalitis following treatment with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) were observed in Congolese patients with Loa loa filariasis."7.68Five cases of encephalitis during treatment of loiasis with diethylcarbamazine. ( Boulesteix, J; Boutes, H; Carme, B; Puruehnce, MF, 1991)
"Diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) treatment of loiasis is complicated by adverse reactions that are correlated with the number of circulating microfilariae (mf)."5.41A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Pilot Study of Single-dose Humanized Anti-IL5 Antibody (Reslizumab) for the Reduction of Eosinophilia Following Diethylcarbamazine Treatment of Loa loa Infection. ( Fay, MP; Herrick, J; Holland-Thomas, N; Klion, AD; Legrand, F; Makiya, M; Nutman, TB; Ramanathan, R; Rampertaap, S; Stoddard, J; Thompson, R; Ware, J, 2021)
"Loa loa is a filarial parasite that is endemic in West and Central Africa."5.29Loa loa infection as a cause of migratory angioedema: report of three cases from the Texas Medical Center. ( Kielhofner, MA; Rakita, RM; White, AC, 1993)
"In order to reduce the endemicity of loaiasis, mass treatment with ivermectin could be envisaged immediately."5.28[Current possibilities in the control of Loa Loa filariasis]. ( Noireau, F, 1990)
"Severe adverse reactions have been observed in individuals with Loa loa infection treated with either diethylcarbamazine (DEC), the drug of choice for loiasis, or ivermectin (IVM), which is used in mass drug administration programs for control of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis in Africa."5.24Posttreatment Reactions After Single-Dose Diethylcarbamazine or Ivermectin in Subjects With Loa loa Infection. ( Bopda, J; Fay, MP; Gounoue, R; Herrick, JA; Kamgno, J; Klion, AD; Legrand, F; Makiya, M; Metenou, S; Montavon, C; Nchinda, G; Nguluwe, K; Nutman, TB; Ondigui, BE; Tchana, SM, 2017)
"Our results highlight that, by 1 year following treatment, infection-associated immunologic abnormalities had resolved in nearly all patients treated for loiasis, and pretreatment corticosteroids had no influence on the resolution of the immunologic perturbations nor on the efficacy of diethylcarbamazine as a curative agent in loiasis."4.02Infection-associated Immune Perturbations Resolve 1 Year Following Treatment for Loa loa. ( Herrick, JA; Holland-Thomas, N; Klion, AD; Makiya, MA; Nutman, TB, 2021)
"Although diethylcarbamazine is curative in approximately 60% of patients who acquire loiasis as long-term visitors to an endemic area, some individuals continue to have signs and symptoms of infection despite multiple courses of diethylcarbamazine."3.70Albendazole therapy for loiasis refractory to diethylcarbamazine treatment. ( Horton, J; Klion, AD; Nutman, TB, 1999)
"Although successful treatment of loiasis with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) has been reported, little is known about the long-term success rate of therapy or the predisposing factors for treatment failure."3.69Effectiveness of diethylcarbamazine in treating loiasis acquired by expatriate visitors to endemic regions: long-term follow-up. ( Klion, AD; Nutman, TB; Ottesen, EA, 1994)
"In the last ten years ivermectin appeared an efficient and safe alternative to diethylcarbamazine which is known to induce severe adverse reactions in loiasis, including encephalitis."3.69[Secondary effects of the treatment of hypermicrofilaremic loiasis using ivermectin]. ( Boussinesq, M; Chippaux, JP; Ducorps, M; Gardon, J; Gardon-Wendel, N; Ndong, W; Ranque, S; Schneider, D, 1995)
"Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) induced clearance of microfilaraemia in loiasis is associated with severe posttreatment reactions."3.69Microfilarial clearance in loiasis involves elevation of Th1 and Th2 products and emergence of a specific pattern of T-cell populations. ( Graninger, W; Marberger, M; Paiha, S; Steiner, GE; Winkler, H; Winkler, S, 1996)
"To prevent the side effects as encephalitis, related with diethylcarbamazine treatment in loiasis, an exchange blood transfusion was proposed."3.68[Value of filariopheresis in the treatment of Loa loa filariasis]. ( Bisaro, F; Bourée, P; Duedari, N; Norol, F, 1993)
"Five cases of encephalitis following treatment with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) were observed in Congolese patients with Loa loa filariasis."3.68Five cases of encephalitis during treatment of loiasis with diethylcarbamazine. ( Boulesteix, J; Boutes, H; Carme, B; Puruehnce, MF, 1991)
" Although microfilaraemia was not detectable, loiasis was diagnosed, given the clinical manifestations, epidemiological data, history of sub-conjunctival migration of the adult worm (in one case), spectacular recovery (clinical and biological) after treatment with diethylcarbamazine."3.67[Loa loa filariasis: cause of severe eosinophilia]. ( Carme, B; Nkoua, JL, 1989)
" Loa-loa was isolated from the blood and eosinophilia was marked but both were cured by diethylcarbamazine therapy."3.66Loasis as a possible trigger of African endomyocardial fibrosis: a case report from Nigeria. ( Andy, JJ; Bishara, FF; Odesanmi, WO; Soyinka, OO, 1981)
"Two patients with loiasis in whom treatment with diethylcarbamazine had to be interrupted because of serious side effects underwent apheresis to extract microfilarias from the blood."3.66Usefulness of apheresis to extract microfilarias in management of loiasis. ( Moldenhauer, R; Muylle, L; Peetermans, ME; Taelman, H; Van Brabant, R, 1983)
"Recurrent skin edemata due to an infestation with the filaria Loa loa are called Cameroon or Calabar swellings."3.66[Cameroon swelling; infection by the filaria Loa loa]. ( Gewalt, W; Grüntzig, J, 1979)
"Loiasis has been associated with excess mortality, but clinical studies on its treatment are scant, particularly outside endemic areas, due to the rarity of cases diagnosed."2.87Comparison of different drug regimens for the treatment of loiasis-A TropNet retrospective study. ( Angheben, A; Bisoffi, Z; Bottieau, E; Bouchaud, O; Buonfrate, D; Calleri, G; Clerinx, J; Gobbi, F; Guerriero, M; Herrera-Ávila, JP; Neumayr, A; Rodari, P; Rojo-Marcos, G; Rothe, C; Salvador, F; Treviño, B; Zammarchi, L, 2018)
"Imported loiasis is a rare cause of consultation at the return of stay in central Africa, which often poses difficult diagnostic and therapeutic questions to practitioners especially those who are unaccustomed to tropical medicine."1.56Imported loiasis in France: a retrospective analysis of 167 cases with comparison between sub-Saharan and non sub-Saharan African patients. ( Bouchaud, O; Bourée, P; Cailhol, J; Caumes, E; Dupouy Camet, J; Godineau, N; Loarec, A; Matheron, S; Poilane, I, 2020)
" When distributing microfilaricides however, considerable care is needed to minimise the risk of severe adverse events (SAEs) in areas that are co-endemic for onchocerciasis or LF and loiasis."1.48Identifying co-endemic areas for major filarial infections in sub-Saharan Africa: seeking synergies and preventing severe adverse events during mass drug administration campaigns. ( Basáñez, MG; Cano, J; O'Hanlon, SJ; Pullan, RL; Rebollo, MP; Tekle, AH; Wanji, S; Zouré, HG, 2018)
"(1) Lymphatic filariasis is a set of parasitic diseases that are endemic in tropical and subtropical regions and can be disabling in the long term."1.35Lymphatic filariasis. ( , 2008)
"Loa-Loa is a parasitic infection endemic in the tropical rain forests of Western, Central, and Eastern Africa."1.32[Ocular involvement in systemic Loa-Loa filariasis. Case report and review of the literature]. ( Jaksche, A; Loeffler, KU; Martin, S; Wessels, L, 2004)
"Loa loa is a filarial parasite that is endemic in West and Central Africa."1.29Loa loa infection as a cause of migratory angioedema: report of three cases from the Texas Medical Center. ( Kielhofner, MA; Rakita, RM; White, AC, 1993)
"In order to reduce the endemicity of loaiasis, mass treatment with ivermectin could be envisaged immediately."1.28[Current possibilities in the control of Loa Loa filariasis]. ( Noireau, F, 1990)
"This is the first case of Loa loa infection reported from Sri Lanka."1.28Loa loa in a Sri Lankan expatriate from Nigeria. ( Goonesinghe, SK; Samarasinghe, S; Wickremesinghe, RS, 1989)
"Ocular filariasis was observed in an African student living in Missouri."1.27Loa loa: ocular filariasis in an African student in Missouri. ( Lee, BY; McMillian, R, 1984)

Research

Studies (88)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199043 (48.86)18.7374
1990's19 (21.59)18.2507
2000's6 (6.82)29.6817
2010's12 (13.64)24.3611
2020's8 (9.09)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Montenegro-Quintana, MA1
Pérez-García, MV1
Sotomayor-Toribio, M1
Cosano-Palma, E1
López-Herrero, F1
Sánchez-Vicente, JL1
Bennuru, S1
Kodua, F1
Drame, PM1
Dahlstrom, E1
Nutman, TB10
Bouchaud, O2
Matheron, S1
Loarec, A1
Dupouy Camet, J1
Bourée, P2
Godineau, N1
Poilane, I1
Cailhol, J1
Caumes, E1
Herrick, JA2
Makiya, MA1
Holland-Thomas, N2
Klion, AD6
Legrand, F2
Herrick, J1
Makiya, M2
Ramanathan, R1
Thompson, R1
Rampertaap, S1
Stoddard, J1
Ware, J1
Fay, MP2
Coyle, C1
Weiss, LM1
Dunn, CL1
Dunn, CP1
Ayars, AG1
Kalbitz, S1
Grünewald, T1
Gounoue, R1
Nchinda, G1
Montavon, C1
Bopda, J1
Tchana, SM1
Ondigui, BE1
Nguluwe, K1
Metenou, S1
Kamgno, J1
Nieves-Moreno, M1
Bañeros-Rojas, P1
Díaz-Valle, D1
Gegúndez-Fernández, JA1
Baartman, BJ1
Nguyen, L1
Wiest, P1
Steinemann, TL1
Cano, J1
Basáñez, MG1
O'Hanlon, SJ1
Tekle, AH1
Wanji, S1
Zouré, HG1
Rebollo, MP1
Pullan, RL1
Gobbi, F1
Bottieau, E1
Buonfrate, D1
Salvador, F1
Rojo-Marcos, G1
Rodari, P1
Clerinx, J1
Treviño, B1
Herrera-Ávila, JP1
Neumayr, A1
Calleri, G1
Angheben, A1
Rothe, C1
Zammarchi, L1
Guerriero, M1
Bisoffi, Z1
Metzger, WG1
Mordmüller, B1
Bulman, CA1
Bidlow, CM1
Lustigman, S1
Cho-Ngwa, F1
Williams, D1
Rascón, AA1
Tricoche, N1
Samje, M1
Bell, A1
Suzuki, B1
Lim, KC1
Supakorndej, N1
Supakorndej, P1
Wolfe, AR1
Knudsen, GM1
Chen, S1
Wilson, C1
Ang, KH1
Arkin, M1
Gut, J1
Franklin, C1
Marcellino, C1
McKerrow, JH1
Debnath, A1
Sakanari, JA1
Saito, M1
Armstrong, M1
Boadi, S1
Lowe, P1
Chiodini, PL1
Doherty, T1
Priest, DH1
Moliner, JV1
Valverde, AG1
Sorolla, JM1
Sgrelli, A1
De Socio, GV1
Papili, R1
D'Annibale, ML1
Baldelli, F1
Uhlig, CE1
Dietrich, M1
Busse, H1
DUKE, BO2
BRADY, FJ1
EWING, RE1
SANGER, S1
WOODRUFF, AW2
Jaksche, A2
Wessels, L1
Martin, S2
Loeffler, KU2
Sbeity, ZH1
MURGATROYD, F1
SHOOKHOFF, HB1
DWORK, KG1
Andy, JJ1
Bishara, FF1
Soyinka, OO1
Odesanmi, WO1
Vermeer, BJ1
van der Kaay, HJ1
Sanguigni, S1
Sebastiani, A1
Marangi, M1
Bianchini, C1
Aceti, A1
Doury, P2
Saliou, P2
Charmot, G2
Muylle, L1
Taelman, H1
Moldenhauer, R1
Van Brabant, R1
Peetermans, ME1
Gentilini, M4
Carme, B4
Geldelman, D1
Blumberg, R1
Sadun, A1
Katner, H1
Beyt, BE1
Krotoski, WA1
Lee, BY1
McMillian, R1
Fleury, P1
Liotet, S1
Sainte-Laudy, J1
Haut, J1
Farrer, WE1
Wittner, M1
Tanowitz, HB1
Stanley, SL1
Kell, O1
Krautheim, H1
Wiesinger, EC1
Winkler, S2
Egger, S1
Burgmann, H1
Graninger, W2
Bordon, LM1
Maurice, M1
Hulin, C1
Rabaud, C1
May, T1
Neimann, L1
Kures, L1
Canton, P1
Ottesen, EA4
Duedari, N1
Bisaro, F1
Norol, F1
Rakita, RM1
White, AC1
Kielhofner, MA1
Ducorps, M1
Gardon-Wendel, N1
Ranque, S1
Ndong, W1
Boussinesq, M1
Gardon, J1
Schneider, D1
Chippaux, JP1
Low, K1
Barker, AJ1
Vincent, JM1
Paiha, S1
Winkler, H1
Marberger, M1
Steiner, GE1
de Viragh, PA1
Guggisberg, D1
Derighetti, M1
van Saanen, M1
Panizzon, RG1
Horton, J1
Goljan, J1
Nahorski, W1
Tomaszewski, R1
Felczak-Korzybska, I1
Górski, J1
Greenberg, H1
Garin, JP1
Rougier, J1
Mojon, M1
Fain, A1
Zuidema, PJ1
Renard, G2
Morand, L1
Lacombe, E1
Offret, G1
Grüntzig, J1
Gewalt, W1
Georges, P1
Houmeau, L1
Legall, MA1
Badoual, J1
Gendrel, D1
Eisenstein, EM1
Smirniotopoulos, TT1
Neumann, MP1
Le Guyadec, T1
Wolkenstein, P1
Ortoli, JC1
Ponties-Leroux, B1
Beaulieu, P1
Millet, P1
Paris, L1
Datry, A3
Durepaire, R1
Felix, H2
Gaxotte, P1
Danis, M3
Boulesteix, J1
Boutes, H1
Puruehnce, MF1
Noireau, F1
Workman, DM1
McNab, AA1
Wickremesinghe, RS1
Goonesinghe, SK1
Samarasinghe, S1
Hautekeete, ML1
Pailoux, G1
Marcellin, P1
Girard, PM1
Degott, C1
Benhamou, JP1
Lortholary, O2
Jaccard, A2
Visser, H2
Guillevin, L1
Brice, D1
Etienne, SD1
Le Thi Huong, Du1
Wechsler, B1
Chandenier, J3
Piette, JC1
Godeau, P1
Nkoua, JL1
Van Hoegaerden, M1
Flocard, F1
Sugiyama, E1
Shinonaga, S1
Tsukidate, S1
Fujita, K1
Nawata, H1
Sazaki, N1
Kamikawadoko, S1
Ohtaki, N1
Oka, K1
Mollereau, M1
Fassin, D1
Kouchner, G1
Fournel, JJ1
Miller, KD2
Mulligan, M2
Reinhardt, GN1
Currie, BJ1
Steel, C1
Toufic, N1
Fleck, BW1
Macdonald, M1
Olness, K1
Franciosi, RA1
Johnson, MM1
Freedman, DO1
Pillier-Loriette, C1
Rosenheim, M1
Nozais, JP1
Van Dellen, RG1
Gocke, TM1
Neafie, RC1
Tani, S1
Shibuya, T1
Beisler, GK1
Tanaka, H1
Paulisch, FE1
Ambroise-Thomas, P1
Truong, TK1

Clinical Trials (3)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
Host Response to Infection and Treatment in the Filarial Diseases of Humans[NCT00001230]500 participants (Anticipated)Observational1991-03-15Recruiting
Comparison Between the Post-Treatment Reactions After Single-dose Ivermectin or DEC in Subjects With Loa Loa Infection[NCT01593722]Phase 4155 participants (Actual)Interventional2012-04-30Completed
A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-Blind Pilot Study of Single-Dose Humanized Anti-IL5 Antibody (Reslizumab) for the Reduction of Eosinophilia Following Diethylcarbamazine Treatment of Loa Loa Infection[NCT01111305]Phase 231 participants (Actual)Interventional2010-04-30Completed
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Trial Outcomes

Proportion of Subjects Who Clear Microfilaremia

(NCT01593722)
Timeframe: 14 days

Interventionparticipants (Number)
Diethylcarbamazine3
Ivermectin0

The Frequency of Adverse Events

Symptoms, signs and laboratory abnormalities occurring in the 7 days post-treatment (NCT01593722)
Timeframe: 7 days

Interventionevents (Number)
Diethylcarbamazine115
Ivermectin103

The Peak % of Baseline Eosinophil Count Measured During the First 7 Days Post-treatment.

(NCT01593722)
Timeframe: 7 days

Interventionpercentage of baseline (Geometric Mean)
Diethylcarbamazine196
Ivermectin165

Treatment Efficacy

Proportion of subjects without signs of infection (NCT01593722)
Timeframe: 6 months

Interventionparticipants (Number)
Diethylcarbamazine0
Ivermectin1

Eosinophil Activation

Levels of surface marker expression on eosinophils (NCT01593722)
Timeframe: 3 days

,
Intervention% cells expressing CD69 (Geometric Mean)
%CD69 expression on eosinophils at peak%CD69 expression on eosinophils at baseline
Single Dose DEC21.51.7
Single Dose IVM21.51.5

Frequency of AE's

Adverse events during the first week of DEC treatment (NCT01111305)
Timeframe: 7 days following initiation of DEC treatment

Interventionadverse events (Number)
Reslizumab + DEC29
Placebo + DEC28

Peak Eosinophil Count Post-treatment

Peak eosinophil count during the first 7 days of treatment as a percent of the baseline count (NCT01111305)
Timeframe: during the first 7 days of DEC treatment

Interventionpercent of baseline eosinophil count (Geometric Mean)
Reslizumab + DEC61
Placebo + DEC245.6

Markers of Eosinophil Activation

serum eosinophil granule protein levels on day 7 measured as % baseline (NCT01111305)
Timeframe: one week

,
Intervention% change (Geometric Mean)
% day 0 EDN at day 7% day 0 EPO at day 7
Placebo + DEC377203
Reslizumab + DEC115138

Proportion of Subjects Who Clear Blood Microfilariae

(NCT01111305)
Timeframe: 3, 7, and 28 days after initiation of treatment with DEC

,
InterventionParticipants (Count of Participants)
3 days7 days28 days
Placebo244
Reslizumab244

Reviews

2 reviews available for diethylcarbamazine and Loa loa Filariasis

ArticleYear
Loa loa-does it deserve to be neglected?
    The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2014, Volume: 14, Issue:4

    Topics: Albendazole; Diethylcarbamazine; Filaricides; Humans; Ivermectin; Loiasis

2014
[Loa loa filariasis in Italy: review of the literature with a clinical report].
    Le infezioni in medicina, 2011, Volume: 19, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Albendazole; Animals; Antinematodal Agents; Diethylcarbamazine; Diptera; Drug Therapy, Combin

2011

Trials

4 trials available for diethylcarbamazine and Loa loa Filariasis

ArticleYear
A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Pilot Study of Single-dose Humanized Anti-IL5 Antibody (Reslizumab) for the Reduction of Eosinophilia Following Diethylcarbamazine Treatment of Loa loa Infection.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021, 10-05, Volume: 73, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; Diethylcarbamazine; Double-Blind Method; Eosinoph

2021
Posttreatment Reactions After Single-Dose Diethylcarbamazine or Ivermectin in Subjects With Loa loa Infection.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2017, 04-15, Volume: 64, Issue:8

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Diethylcarbamazine; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Female; Filaricide

2017
Comparison of different drug regimens for the treatment of loiasis-A TropNet retrospective study.
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018, Volume: 12, Issue:11

    Topics: Adult; Albendazole; Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Europe; Filaricides; Humans; Ivermectin; Loa; Loias

2018
Diethylcarbamazine prophylaxis for human loiasis. Results of a double-blind study.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1988, Sep-22, Volume: 319, Issue:12

    Topics: Adult; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Diethylcarbamazine; Double-Blind Method; Female; Filarias

1988

Other Studies

82 other studies available for diethylcarbamazine and Loa loa Filariasis

ArticleYear
Systemic loiasis diagnosed by direct transconjunctival observation.
    Journal francais d'ophtalmologie, 2023, Volume: 46, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Humans; Ivermectin; Loa; Loiasis

2023
A Novel, Highly Sensitive Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Assay for the Diagnosis of Loiasis and its Use for Detection of Circulating Cell-Free DNA.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 2023, 10-03, Volume: 228, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; DNA; Humans; Loa; Loiasis; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques

2023
Imported loiasis in France: a retrospective analysis of 167 cases with comparison between sub-Saharan and non sub-Saharan African patients.
    BMC infectious diseases, 2020, Jan-20, Volume: 20, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Africa, Northern; Animals; Black People; Child; Child, Preschool; Communicable Di

2020
Infection-associated Immune Perturbations Resolve 1 Year Following Treatment for Loa loa.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021, 03-01, Volume: 72, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Humans; Loa; Loiasis; Microfilariae; Retrospective Studies

2021
Immunomodulatory Therapy for the Management of Loiasis.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021, 10-05, Volume: 73, Issue:7

    Topics: Diethylcarbamazine; Filaricides; Humans; Immunomodulation; Loiasis

2021
When long-standing hives are not chronic spontaneous urticaria.
    Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 2021, Volume: 126, Issue:6

    Topics: Chronic Disease; Dermatitis; Diagnosis, Differential; Diethylcarbamazine; Exanthema; Filaricides; Hu

2021
Loiasis.
    The New England journal of medicine, 2021, Sep-02, Volume: 385, Issue:10

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Eyelids; Female; Filaricides; Humans; Loa; Loiasis

2021
Encephalitis secondary to diethylcarbamazine treatment in a patient with ocular loiasis.
    Journal francais d'ophtalmologie, 2017, Volume: 40, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Encephalitis; Eosinophilia; Eye Infections, Parasitic; Female; Filaricide

2017
Ocular loiasis in Ohio: a case report.
    International ophthalmology, 2018, Volume: 38, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Eye Infections, Parasitic; Filaricides; Humans; Loiasis; Male; Treatment

2018
Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: progress report, 2016.
    Releve epidemiologique hebdomadaire, 2017, 10-06, Volume: 92, Issue:40

    Topics: Albendazole; Anthelmintics; Diethylcarbamazine; Disease Eradication; Drug Therapy, Combination; Elep

2017
Identifying co-endemic areas for major filarial infections in sub-Saharan Africa: seeking synergies and preventing severe adverse events during mass drug administration campaigns.
    Parasites & vectors, 2018, 01-31, Volume: 11, Issue:1

    Topics: Africa South of the Sahara; Albendazole; Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Drug Synergism; Drug Therapy,

2018
Repurposing auranofin as a lead candidate for treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis.
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2015, Volume: 9, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Albendazole; Animals; Anthelmintics; Auranofin; Brugia malayi; Cattle; Cell Line; Diethylcarb

2015
Clinical Features of Imported Loiasis: A Case Series from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.
    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015, Volume: 93, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filaricides; Hospitals, Special; Humans; Infectious Disease Incub

2015
Loiasis in US Traveler Returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2016.
    Emerging infectious diseases, 2017, Volume: 23, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Diptera; Equatorial Guinea; Female; Filaricides; Humans; Insect

2017
[Loa loa meningoencephalitis secondary to treatment with mebendazol].
    Medicina clinica, 2011, Feb-26, Volume: 136, Issue:5

    Topics: Adolescent; Albendazole; Animals; Anthelmintics; Brain Damage, Chronic; Central Nervous System Helmi

2011
[Asthenoscopic problems with a subconjunctival worm].
    Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 2002, Volume: 99, Issue:11

    Topics: Adult; Asthenopia; Diethylcarbamazine; Emergencies; Eye Diseases; Filaricides; Humans; Loiasis; Male

2002
Studies on the chemoprophylaxis of loiasis. I. Experiments on monkeys, with special reference to diethylcarbamazine (Banocide).
    Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, 1961, Volume: 55

    Topics: Animals; Anthelmintics; Chemoprevention; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Haplorhini; Humans; Loiasis

1961
Loaiasis: recovery of adult Loa loa.
    Arizona medicine, 1963, Volume: 20

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Biological Phenomena; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Loa; Loiasis; Physiolo

1963
Destruction of microfilariae of Loa loa in the liver in loiasis treated with banocide (hetrazan).
    Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1951, Volume: 44, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Liver; Loa; Loiasis; Microfilariae

1951
[Ocular involvement in systemic Loa-Loa filariasis. Case report and review of the literature].
    Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 2004, Volume: 101, Issue:9

    Topics: Adult; Africa, Central; Animals; Combined Modality Therapy; Conjunctival Diseases; Diethylcarbamazin

2004
Loa loa macrofilariasis in the eyelid: case report of the first periocular subcutaneous manifestation in Germany.
    Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2006, Volume: 244, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Africa; Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Eye Infections, Parasitic; Eyelid Diseases; Female; Fila

2006
Loiasis treated with hetrazan.
    Lancet (London, England), 1949, Jul-23, Volume: 2, Issue:6569

    Topics: Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Loiasis; Piperazines

1949
Treatment of Loa loa infections with hetrazan.
    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1949, Volume: 29, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Loa; Loiasis; Schistosomiasis

1949
Lymphatic filariasis.
    Prescrire international, 2008, Volume: 17, Issue:93

    Topics: Adult; Antiparasitic Agents; Child; Diethylcarbamazine; Elephantiasis, Filarial; Female; Humans; Ive

2008
Loasis as a possible trigger of African endomyocardial fibrosis: a case report from Nigeria.
    Acta tropica, 1981, Volume: 38, Issue:2

    Topics: Child; Diethylcarbamazine; Electrocardiography; Endocardial Fibroelastosis; Eosinophilia; Filariasis

1981
Loiasis: a case report.
    Acta dermato-venereologica, 1982, Volume: 62, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Eyelid Diseases; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Netherlands; Nigeri

1982
[Filariasis: clinico-therapeutic considerations on 24 cases].
    La Clinica terapeutica, 1984, Apr-15, Volume: 109, Issue:1

    Topics: Ascariasis; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Levamisole; Loiasis; Mansonelliasis; Onchocercia

1984
[Articular effusions with eosinophils. Apropos of a case report].
    La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris, 1983, Jun-02, Volume: 59, Issue:22

    Topics: Arthritis, Infectious; Diethylcarbamazine; Eosinophils; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Male; Middle Ag

1983
Usefulness of apheresis to extract microfilarias in management of loiasis.
    British medical journal (Clinical research ed.), 1983, Aug-20, Volume: 287, Issue:6391

    Topics: Adult; Blood Platelets; Centrifugation; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Leukapheresis; Loa;

1983
[Treatment of filariases in a hospital setting. Complications - results].
    Annales de la Societe belge de medecine tropicale, 1981, Volume: 61, Issue:2

    Topics: Diethylcarbamazine; Dracunculiasis; Eye Diseases; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Lymphatic Diseases

1981
[Eosinophilic articular effusions. Apropos of a case].
    Revue du rhumatisme et des maladies osteo-articulaires, 1984, Volume: 51, Issue:1

    Topics: Acute Disease; Arthritis; Diethylcarbamazine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Eosinophilia; Filariasis; H

1984
Ocular Loa Loa with cryoprobe extraction of subconjunctival worm.
    Ophthalmology, 1984, Volume: 91, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Africa, Western; Conjunctival Diseases; Cryosurgery; Diethylcarbamazine; Filarias

1984
Loiasis and renal failure.
    Southern medical journal, 1984, Volume: 77, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Antigen-Antibody Complex; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Ki

1984
Loa loa: ocular filariasis in an African student in Missouri.
    Annals of ophthalmology, 1984, Volume: 16, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Cameroon; Diethylcarbamazine; Eye Diseases; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Male; Missouri

1984
[Ocular loaiasis in a young Caucasian tourist (author's transl)].
    Journal francais d'ophtalmologie, 1980, Volume: 3, Issue:8-9

    Topics: Adult; Conjunctival Diseases; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis

1980
African eye worm (Loa loa) in a tourist.
    Annals of ophthalmology, 1981, Volume: 13, Issue:10

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Diphenhydramine; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loa; Loiasis; Travel

1981
Ascending paralysis associated with diethylcarbamazine treatment of M. loa loa infection.
    Tropical doctor, 1982, Volume: 12, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Male; Paralysis

1982
[Loaiasis. Clinical aspects and therapy in the field of dermatology].
    Die Medizinische Welt, 1982, Jun-11, Volume: 33, Issue:23

    Topics: Adult; Antiparasitic Agents; Diagnosis, Differential; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Humans

1982
[African eye worm as initial manifestation of loaiasis].
    Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1995, Aug-25, Volume: 120, Issue:34-35

    Topics: Acetaminophen; Adult; Animals; Cameroon; Diazepam; Diethylcarbamazine; Drug Administration Schedule;

1995
Traveller's loiasis in Zimbabwe: a case report.
    The Central African journal of medicine, 1994, Volume: 40, Issue:11

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Humans; Loiasis; Parasitemia; Travel; Zimbabwe

1994
[Pulmonary involvement with a favorable course during Loa loa filariasis].
    Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990), 1994, Volume: 87, Issue:4

    Topics: Cameroon; Diethylcarbamazine; Humans; Ivermectin; Loiasis; Lung Diseases, Parasitic; Male; Middle Ag

1994
Effectiveness of diethylcarbamazine in treating loiasis acquired by expatriate visitors to endemic regions: long-term follow-up.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 1994, Volume: 169, Issue:3

    Topics: Diethylcarbamazine; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Loiasis; Recurrence; Travel

1994
[Value of filariopheresis in the treatment of Loa loa filariasis].
    Pathologie-biologie, 1993, Volume: 41, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Child; Cytapheresis; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Hemofiltration; Humans; Loa; Loiasi

1993
Loa loa infection as a cause of migratory angioedema: report of three cases from the Texas Medical Center.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1993, Volume: 17, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Angioedema; Animals; Antibodies, Helminth; Biopsy; Diagnosis, Differential; Diethylcarbamazin

1993
[Secondary effects of the treatment of hypermicrofilaremic loiasis using ivermectin].
    Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990), 1995, Volume: 88, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Animals; Arthralgia; C-Reactive Protein; Cameroon; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Fever; F

1995
A thirteen-year-old with a painful, swollen foot and eosinophilia.
    The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 1995, Volume: 14, Issue:9

    Topics: Adolescent; Diethylcarbamazine; Eosinophilia; Female; Filaricides; Humans; Loiasis

1995
Microfilarial clearance in loiasis involves elevation of Th1 and Th2 products and emergence of a specific pattern of T-cell populations.
    Parasite immunology, 1996, Volume: 18, Issue:9

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Cytokines; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filaricides; Host-Parasite Interactions; Huma

1996
Monosymptomatic Loa loa infection.
    Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland), 1998, Volume: 197, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Animals; Diagnosis, Differential; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filaricides; Humans; Loa;

1998
Albendazole therapy for loiasis refractory to diethylcarbamazine treatment.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1999, Volume: 29, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Albendazole; Anthelmintics; Diethylcarbamazine; Drug Resistance; Female; Filaricides; Humans;

1999
Diagnosing and treatment of skin filariases based on own observations.
    International maritime health, 2000, Volume: 51, Issue:1-4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Antiparasitic Agents; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Filaricides; Humans

2000
Case 1-2002: Loa loa.
    The New England journal of medicine, 2002, May-30, Volume: 346, Issue:22

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Eye; Filaricides; Humans; Loiasis; Male; Treatment Outcome

2002
[Loaiasis and posterior uveitis. Apropos of a case].
    Acta tropica, 1975, Volume: 32, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Cameroon; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Male; Uveitis

1975
[Current problems of loaiasis].
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1978, Volume: 56, Issue:2

    Topics: Africa; Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Diptera; Disease Reservoirs; Encephalitis; Filariasis; Haplorhi

1978
[Filaria infections from West and Central Africa].
    Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 1977, Sep-10, Volume: 121, Issue:37

    Topics: Adult; Africa, Central; Africa, Western; Blood; Diethylcarbamazine; Dipetalonema; Dipetalonema Infec

1977
[A case of retinal filariasis].
    Journal francais d'ophtalmologie, 1978, Volume: 1, Issue:1

    Topics: Child; Diethylcarbamazine; Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; Filariasis; Fundus Oculi; Humans; Loia

1978
[Ocular manifestations of loaiasis].
    Journal francais d'ophtalmologie, 1978, Volume: 1, Issue:1

    Topics: Diethylcarbamazine; Eye Diseases; Eye Manifestations; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Retinal Diseases;

1978
[Cameroon swelling; infection by the filaria Loa loa].
    Fortschritte der Medizin, 1979, Nov-08, Volume: 97, Issue:42

    Topics: Cameroon; Diethylcarbamazine; Edema; Eosinophilia; Eye Diseases; Filariasis; Humans; Insect Vectors;

1979
[Late onset Plasmodium falciparum malaria revealed by corticoid therapy].
    Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 1992, Sep-19, Volume: 21, Issue:30

    Topics: Adolescent; Diethylcarbamazine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; France; Gabon; Humans; Loiasis; M

1992
Pulmonary involvement in loiasis.
    The American review of respiratory disease, 1992, Volume: 145, Issue:4 Pt 1

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Humans; Loa; Loiasis; Male; Pleural Effusion; Pulmonary Eosinoph

1992
[Foreign body granuloma on calcified loa loa filariasis].
    Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie, 1992, Volume: 119, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Calcinosis; Diethylcarbamazine; Fingers; France; Gabon; Granuloma, Foreign-Body; Humans; Loia

1992
[Value of ivermectin in the initial treatment of loaiasis].
    Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 1991, Sep-21, Volume: 20, Issue:29

    Topics: Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Humans; Ivermectin; Loiasis; Male

1991
Five cases of encephalitis during treatment of loiasis with diethylcarbamazine.
    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1991, Volume: 44, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Encephalitis; Female; Humans; Loiasis; Male

1991
[Current possibilities in the control of Loa Loa filariasis].
    Annales de la Societe belge de medecine tropicale, 1990, Volume: 70, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Diptera; Ecology; Humans; Insect Control; Ivermectin; Loa; Loiasis

1990
Effect of diethylcarbamazine on adult Loa in monkeys.
    Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, 1990, Volume: 84, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Loa; Loiasis; Male; Microfilariae; Papio

1990
Loa Loa disease.
    Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology, 1990, Volume: 18, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Conjunctival Diseases; Diethylcarbamazine; Eye Infections, Parasitic; Humans; Loa; L

1990
Loa loa in a Sri Lankan expatriate from Nigeria.
    The Ceylon medical journal, 1989, Volume: 34, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Nigeria; Sri Lanka

1989
Presence of Loa loa microfilariae in ascitic fluid.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 1989, Volume: 160, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Ampicillin; Animals; Ascitic Fluid; Cefotaxime; Diethylcarbamazine; Drug Therapy, Combination

1989
[Prevention of human Loa loa filariasis].
    Annales de medecine interne, 1989, Volume: 140, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis

1989
[Loa loa filariasis, encephalitis and treatment with Notézine: an underestimated complication?].
    Annales de medecine interne, 1989, Volume: 140, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Encephalitis; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Male

1989
[Loa loa filariasis: cause of severe eosinophilia].
    Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 1989, Volume: 82, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Congo; Diethylcarbamazine; Eosinophilia; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Male

1989
Mebendazole treatment of loaiasis.
    Lancet (London, England), 1985, Jun-01, Volume: 1, Issue:8440

    Topics: Benzimidazoles; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Mebendazole

1985
Diethylcarbamazine and human loiasis.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1989, Feb-02, Volume: 320, Issue:5

    Topics: Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis

1989
[A case of loiasis].
    Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 1988, Volume: 62, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Humans; Loa; Loiasis; Mal

1988
[Value of cytopheresis in the treatment of loaiasis].
    Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 1985, Mar-30, Volume: 14, Issue:13

    Topics: Cell Separation; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Middle Aged

1985
Loa loa infection in temporary residents of endemic regions: recognition of a hyperresponsive syndrome with characteristic clinical manifestations.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 1986, Volume: 154, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Africa, Central; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Leukocyte Count; Loa; Loiasi

1986
[Loaiasis and its therapeutic difficulties].
    Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de sante publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l'International Organization against Trachoma et des organisation..., 1986, Volume: 63, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Diethylcarbamazine; Eye Diseases; Filariasis; Humans; Ivermectin; Loiasis

1986
Periocular Loa loa in eastern Scotland: a report of two cases.
    Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1987, Volume: 32, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Diethylcarbamazine; Eye; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Scotland

1987
Loiasis in an expatriate American child: diagnostic and treatment difficulties.
    Pediatrics, 1987, Volume: 80, Issue:6

    Topics: Cameroon; Child, Preschool; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; United States

1987
[Value of cytapheresis in the treatment of loaiasis with high blood microfilaria levels. Results in 7 cases].
    Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 1987, Volume: 80, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Animals; Blood Component Removal; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Humans; Loiasis; Ma

1987
Loa loa. An unusual case of chronic urticaria and angioedema in the United States.
    JAMA, 1985, Apr-05, Volume: 253, Issue:13

    Topics: Angioedema; Central African Republic; Chronic Disease; Diethylcarbamazine; Female; Filariasis; Flocc

1985
An imported case of human infection with Loa loa.
    The Japanese journal of experimental medicine, 1985, Volume: 55, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Africa; Diethylcarbamazine; Diptera; Filariasis; Follow-Up Studies; Germany, West; Humans; In

1985
Application of the indirect fluorescent antibody test on sections of adult filariae to the serodiagnosis, epidemiology and post-therapeutic surveillance of human filariasis.
    Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, 1974, Volume: 68, Issue:4

    Topics: Antigens; Central African Republic; Colombia; Cross Reactions; Diethylcarbamazine; Epidemiologic Met

1974