<i>Mansonella perstans</i> infection in a Gabonese immigrant in Japan: an illustrative case of a clinical conundrum and management dilemma-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mansonella perstans infection in a Gabonese immigrant in Japan: an illustrative case of a clinical conundrum and management dilemma

Published:2023-10 Issue:7 Volume:30 Page:
ISSN:1195-1982
Container-title:Journal of Travel Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Kawashima Akira¹,Nomoto Hidetoshi¹,Takagi Hidekazu²,Hayakawa Kayoko¹,Komaki-Yasuda Kanako³,Kano Shigeyuki³,Ohmagari Norio¹

Affiliation:

1. Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine , 1-21-1, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan

2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine , Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan

3. Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine , 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan

Abstract

This report illustrates the complexities of diagnosis and treatment of Mansonella perstans infection in a Gabonese immigrant to Japan, underscoring the increasing need to consider such tropical infections due to increased global migration and highlighting the challenges of co-infection and drug resistance in management strategies.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taad126/52308691/taad126.pdf

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