Case report: intraocular localization of Mansonella perstans in a patient from south Chad.

Abstract	A case of Mansonella perstans infection with visual impairment and a retinal lesion is described. After a course of diethylcarbamazine and a further course of mebendazole the symptoms improved and the microfilariae blood concentration decreased. The symptoms and response to antifilarial treatment strongly suggested the intraocular localization of an M. perstans worm.
Authors	Enrico Rino Bregani, Tiziana Ceraldi, Angelo Rovellini, Chiara Ghiringhelli
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg) 2002 Nov-Dec Vol. 96 Issue 6 Pg. 654 ISSN: 0035-9203 [Print] England
PMID	12625144 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References	Antinematodal Agents Filaricides Mebendazole Diethylcarbamazine
Topics	Adult Animals Antinematodal Agents (therapeutic use) Diethylcarbamazine (therapeutic use) Eye Infections, Parasitic (drug therapy, parasitology) Filaricides (therapeutic use) Humans Male Mansonella (isolation & purification) Mansonelliasis (complications, drug therapy) Mebendazole (therapeutic use) Microfilariae Retinal Diseases (drug therapy, parasitology) Vision Disorders (parasitology)

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