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Published in: Infection 6/2015

01-12-2015 | Images in Infection

Refractory chyluria due to filariasis

Authors: Hideharu Hagiya, Fumio Otsuka

Published in: Infection | Issue 6/2015

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We previously reported a Nepalese man who suffered from chyluria secondary to Wuchereria bancrofti infection [1]. Two weeks of diethylcarbamazine (DEC, 450 mg per day divided into three doses) resulted in treatment failure, and another 4 weeks of DEC combined with doxycycline (200 mg per day divided into two doses) successfully eradicated the parasitosis. …
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Hagiya H, et al. Filarial chyluria as a rare cause of urinary retention. Intern Med. 2014;53:2001–5.CrossRefPubMed
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Goyal NK, et al. Factors affecting response to medical management in patients of filarial chyluria: a prospective study. Indian J Urol. 2014;30:23–7.PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Refractory chyluria due to filariasis
Authors
Hideharu Hagiya
Fumio Otsuka
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Infection / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-015-0804-8

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