Imported Mansonella perstans infection in Spain.
Sabino PuenteMar LagoMercedes SubiratsIsmael Sanz-EstebanMarta ArsuagaBelén VicenteMontserrat Alonso-SardonMoncef Belhassen-GarcíaAntonio MuroPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2020)
A long series of M. perstans infections is presented in sub-Saharan immigrants whose data indicate that it should be included in the differential diagnosis in patients with pruritus or analytical alterations such as eosinophilia or hyper-IgE presentation, and they also have a high number of coinfections with other microorganisms whose treatment needs to be protocolized.
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