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Detection of Loa loa Microfilariae in Follicular Fluid During Assisted Reproductive Technology: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Published:2017 Issue:4 Volume:4 Page:
ISSN:2328-8957
Container-title:Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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Author:

Puy V¹²,Scheffler F¹,Tinez C³,Belhadri-Mansouri N¹,Huguenin A⁴,Capelle S¹,Agnamey P³,Devaux A¹,Frydman N²,Copin H¹,Benkhalifa M¹

Affiliation:

1. Service de Médecine et Biologie de la Reproduction, Cytogénétique, AMP et CECOS de Picardie, CHU d’Amiens, F-80054 Amiens cedex 1, France

2. AP-HP, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Reproductive Biology Unit, Clamart, France

3. Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie, CHU d’Amiens, F-80054 Amiens cedex 1, France

4. Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie, Hôpital Maison Blanche, CHU de Reims, F-51092 Reims, France

Abstract

Abstract We report on a case of loiasis revealed during an assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycle. Loa loa could limit implantation outcome. We propose to focus on an ART strategy with frozen embryos to treat the patient before any transfer.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Oncology

Link

http://academic.oup.com/ofid/article-pdf/4/4/ofx208/33624122/ofx208.pdf

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