: We report on six patients with suspected chronic schistosomiasis and negative microbiological findings at baseline. All patients were treated empirically with praziquantel and all seroconverted 20 days to 2 months after treatment. We suggest that seroconversion after praziquantel treatment may be used to diagnose chronic schistosomiasis.
Seroconversion following empiric praziquantel treatment as confirmatory diagnostic tool for chronic schistosomiasis / Marangoni, Davide; Manciulli, Tommaso; Barbiero, Anna; Mantella, Antonia; Spinicci, Michele; Bartoloni, Alessandro; Zammarchi, Lorenzo. - In: JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1195-1982. - ELETTRONICO. - (2023), pp. 0-3. [10.1093/jtm/taad091]
Seroconversion following empiric praziquantel treatment as confirmatory diagnostic tool for chronic schistosomiasis
Marangoni, Davide;Manciulli, Tommaso;Barbiero, Anna;Mantella, Antonia;Spinicci, Michele;Bartoloni, Alessandro;Zammarchi, Lorenzo
2023
Abstract
: We report on six patients with suspected chronic schistosomiasis and negative microbiological findings at baseline. All patients were treated empirically with praziquantel and all seroconverted 20 days to 2 months after treatment. We suggest that seroconversion after praziquantel treatment may be used to diagnose chronic schistosomiasis.
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