Detection of Loa loa Microfilariae in Follicular Fluid During Assisted Reproductive Technology: Case Report and Review of the Literature

V. Puy , F. Scheffler , C. Tinez , N. Belhadri-Mansouri , A. Huguenin (1) , S. Capelle , Patrice Agnamey (2) , A. Devaux , N. Frydman , H. Copin (3) , Moncef Ben Khalifa (4, 5)

1 CHU Reims - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims
2 AGIR - Agents infectieux, résistance et chimiothérapie - UR UPJV 4294
3 Laboratoire de Cytogénétique
4 CHU Amiens-Picardie
5 PERITOX - Périnatalité et Risques Toxiques - UMR INERIS_I 1

We report on a case of loiasis revealed during an assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycle. Loa loa could limit implantation outcome. We propose to focus on an ART strategy with frozen embryos to treat the patient before any transfer.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

V. Puy, F. Scheffler, C. Tinez, N. Belhadri-Mansouri, A. Huguenin, et al.. Detection of Loa loa Microfilariae in Follicular Fluid During Assisted Reproductive Technology: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2017, 4 (4), ⟨10.1093/ofid/ofx208⟩. ⟨hal-03591156⟩