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AI InsightThen, recurrent disease was resolved and skin lesions were diminished after prolonged albendazole therapy
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Abstract
Toxocariasis is a worldwide human helminthiasis, especially seen in temperate and tropical climate regions around the world. The diagnosis of this disease is performed on the basis of clinical symptoms and laboratory findings. Albendazole is one of the treatment choices for toxocariasis, with a currently recommended regimen of 10 mg/kg/day in two doses (400 mg twice daily) for 5 days. However, there is no precise consensus about the duration of the treatment. In this article, we report a case of toxocariasis; the patient visited our infectious disease polyclinic with complaints of long-term itching and urticarial skin lesions that were resistant to routine treatment and that recurred. Then, recurrent disease was resolved and skin lesions were diminished after prolonged albendazole therapy
Özet
Toxocariasis, dünya genelinde özellikle ılıman ve tropikal iklimin hüküm sürdüğü bölgelerde görülen bir paraziter hastalıktır. Tanı klinik ve laboratuar bulguları ile konur. Albendazol (400 mg günde iki kez) 10 mg/kg/gün 5 gün süre ile kullanımı önerilen tedavi rejimlerinden biridir. Ancak, tedavi süresi ile ilgili kesin bir konsensus mevcut değildir. Bu yazıda; rutin tedaviye dirençli ve tedaviye rağmen tekrarlayan, uzun süredir devam eden kaşıntı ve ürtikeryal cilt lezyonları ile enfeksiyon hastalıkları polikliniğine başvuran ve uzatılmış albendazol tedavisi sonucu kür sağlanan bir Toxocariasis olgusu sunulmuştur