Prevention of acute adenolymphangitis in brugian filariasis: Comparison of the efficacy of ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine, each combined with local treatment of the affected limb

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 587-594

  Shenoy, R K ^a   Suma, T K ^a   Rajan, K ^a   Kumaraswami, V ^b  

^a TD Medical College Hospital   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHANGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031880426     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989859285     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. DREYER, G., NOROES, J. & ADDISS, D. (1997). The silent burden of sexual disability associated with lymphatic filariasis. Acta Tropica, 63, 57-60.
2. EWERT, A., REITMEYER, J. C. & FOLSE, D. (1980). Chronic infections of cats with Brugia malayi and Streptococcus. South East Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 11, 32-39.
3. KUMARASWAMI, V., OTTESEN, E. A., VIJAYASEKHARAN, V., UMADEVI, S., SWAMINATHAN, M., AZIZ, M. A., SARMA, G. R., PRABHAKAR, R. & TRIPATHY, S. P. (1988). Ivermectin for the treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis: efficacy and adverse reactions. Journal of the American Medical Association, 259, 3150-3153.
4. MICHAEL, E., BUNDY, D. A. P. & GRENFELI., B. T. (1996). Re-assessing the global prevalence and distribution of lymphatic filariasis. Parasitology, 112, 409-428.
5. OLSZEWSKI, W. L. & JAMAL, S. (1994). Skin bacterial factor in progression of filarial lymphedema. Lymphology, 27, 148-149.
6. OLSZEWSKI, W. L., JAMAL, S., LUKOMSKA, B., KUBICKA, U. & MANOKARAN, G. (1993). Skin changes in filarial and nonfilarial lymphoedema of the lower extremities. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 44, 40-44.
7. OLSZEWSKI, W. L., JAMAL, S., DWORCZYNSKI, A., SWOBODA, E., PANI, S. P., MANOKARAN, G., KUMARASWAMI, V. & BRYLA, P. (1994). Bacteriological studies of skin, tissue fluid and lymph in filarial lymphedema. Lymphology, 27 (Suppl.), 345-348.
8. OLSZEWSKI, W. L., JAMAL, S., MANOKARAN, G., PANI, S. P., KUMARASWAMI, V., KUBICKA, U., LUKOMSKA, B., DWORCZYNSKI, A., SWOBODA, F. & MEISEL-MIKOLAJCZYK, F. (1997). Bacteriologic studies of skin, tissue fluid, lymph and lymph nodes in patients with filarial lymphedema. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 57, 7-15.
9. OTTESEN, E. A. (1980). Immunopathology of lymphatic filariasis in man. Springer Seminars in Immunopathology, 2, 373-385.
10. OTTESEN, E. A. (1985). Efficacy of diethylcarbamazine in eradicating infection with lymphatic-dwelling filariae in humans. Reviews of Infectious Diseases, 7, 341-355.
11. PANI, S. P., KRISHNAMOORTHY, K., RAO, A. S. & PRATHIBA, J. (1990). Clinical manifestations in Malayan filariasis infection with special reference to lymphoedema grading. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 91, 200-207.
12. PANI, S. P., YUVARAJ, J., VANAMAIL, P., DHANDA, V., MICHAEL, E., GRENFELL, B. T. & BUNDY, D. A. P. (1995). Episodic adenolymphangitis and lymphoedema in patients with bancroftian filariasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 89, 211-214.
13. PANICKER, K. N. & SABESAN, S. (1990). Socioeconomic perspectives. Miscellaneous Publications of the Vector Control Research Centre, 16, 42-47.
14. PARTONO, F. (1987). The spectrum of diseases in lymphatic filariasis. Ciba Foundation Symposium, 127, 15-31.
15. RAMU, K., RAMIAH, K. D., GUYATT, H. & EVANS, D. (1996). Impact of lymphatic filariasis on the productivity of male weavers in a south Indian village. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90, 669-670.
16. SABESAN, S., KRISHNAMOORTHY, K., PANI, S. P. & PANICKER, K. N. (1992). Mandays lost due to repeated acute attacks of lymphatic filariasis. Trends in Life Sciences, 7, 5-7.
17. SHENOY, R. K., KUMARASWAMI, V., RAJAN, K, THANKOM, S. & JALAJAKUMARI (1992). Ivermectin for the treatment of periodic Malayan filariasis: a study of efficacy and side effects following a single oral dose and retreatment at six months. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 86, 271-278.
18. SHENOY, R. K., SANDHYA, K., SUMA, T. K. & KUMARASWAMI, V. (1995). A preliminary study of filariasis related acute adenolymphangitis with special reference to precipitating factors and treatment modalities. South East Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 26, 301-305.
19. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (1992). Lymphatic Filariasis: the Disease and its Control. Technical Report Series No. 821. Geneva: WHO.
20. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (1994). Lymphatic Filariasis Infection and Disease: Control Strategies, Document TDR/CTD/FIL/PENANG/94.1. Geneva; WHO.