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Efficacy of High-Dose Albendazole with Ivermectin for Treating Imported Loiasis, Italy
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We describe the outcomes of 16 cases of imported loiasis in Italy. Patients had microfilaremia <20,000/mL and were treated with high-dose albendazole for 28 days and a single dose of ivermectin. This combination might be an effective treatment option in nonendemic areas, when diethylcarbamazine, the drug of choice, is not available.
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“Gobbi et al. [229] obtained a high rate of recovery among 16 imported loiasis cases in Italy using a 28-day course of albendazole (800 mg daily) treatment followed by ivermectin (200 μg/kg in single or multiple doses).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gobbi, F., Buonfrate, D., Tamarozzi, F., Degani, M., Angheben, A., & Bisoffi, Z.
- Affiliations
- University of Verona (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Gobbi, Federico
- Venue
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2019-08
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1574-1576
- ISSN
- 1080-6040 (ISSN-L)
- 1080-6059
- PMC
- PMC6649345
- OpenAlex
- W2955219357
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2025: 6 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 1.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Emerging infectious diseases (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Ministero della Salute
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
- Keywords
- loiasis, imported parasitic infection, albendazole, ivermectin, combination chemotherapy, microfilaremia, non-endemic region
- MeSH terms
- Communicable Diseases, Imported, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Antiprotozoal Agents, Drug Therapy, Combination, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Humans, Italy, Ivermectin, Loiasis, Male, Middle Aged, Biomarkers, Albendazole, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Symptom Assessment
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