scholarly journals Acute Liver Failure Due to Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Accompanied by Duodenal Perforation: A Case Report

Author(s):  
Shuichi Tange ◽  
Koji Uchino ◽  
Hirotoshi Kakiwaki ◽  
Hirobumi Suzuki ◽  
Shinzo Yamamoto ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
E.V. Schwan ◽  
D.B. Miller ◽  
D. De Kock ◽  
A. Van Heerden

Acute liver failure was diagnosed in a 12-year-old cat. Fine needle aspirate cytology revealed high numbers of unsheathed microfilariae and a hepatocellular reaction with no evidence of bacterial infection. The microfilariae were identified as those of Dirofilaria repens by acid phosphatase staining. The high number of microfilariae seen in both the blood and the liver aspirate samples as well as the favourable response to ivermectin amongst other drugs administered, is suggestive that D. repens was the cause of the liver insult. A positive result obtained with an antigen-capture ELISA (Dirochek (r)) for Dirofilaria immitis antigen was interpreted as false. This is the 1st report of Dirofilaria repens for South Africa.


2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Piñero ◽  
Ariel Gonzalez Campaña ◽  
Manuel Mendizabal ◽  
Martín Fauda ◽  
Carlos Rowe ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-101
Author(s):  
Aslıhan CANDEVİR ULU ◽  
Sedef KURAN ◽  
Behice KURTARAN ◽  
Ayşe SEZA İNAL ◽  
Süheyla KÖMÜR ◽  
...  

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