Reversibility of lower reproductive tract abnormalities in women with Schistosoma haematobium infection after treatment with praziquantel--an interim report. 1996

J Richter, and G Poggensee, and E F Kjetland, and G Helling-Giese, and L Chitsulo, and N Kumwenda, and S G Gundersen, and A M Deelder, and C M Reimert, and H Haas, and I Krantz, and H Feldmeier
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin, Germany.

Little is known whether and to what extent antiparasitic treatment cures female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). Using a standard protocol, of twenty-one women with FGS nine were re-examined at two to nine weeks after they had been treated with praziquantel at a single dose of 40 mg/kg. Symptoms related to pathology of the urinary tract and to a lesser extent of genital pathology subsided in most patients. Schistosoma haematobium ova were no longer detectable in urine of any of the patients post-treatment. Efficiency of chemotherapy against adult worms was confirmed by the disappearance of circulating anodic antigen (CAA) in serum. Sandy patches showed resolution in two of four cases after chemotherapy. Papillomata due to schistosomiasis alone improved, but persisted in mixed infection with human papilloma virus (HPV) or when HPV was the only underlying cause. In one patient ulcera could not be related with certainty to schistosomiasis at admission, but resolved after treatment with parziquantel. Leukoplakia (two cases) was not influenced by chemotherapy, or even increased during follow-up, regardless of whether ova had been detected or not. Although the follow-up period was rather short, time intervals were not standardized, and a relatively small number of patients was investigated, it could be shown that genital pathology due to sequestered S. haematobium ova is, at least partially, reversible already two to nine weeks after killing the adult worms by praziquantel. This is paralleled by a normalization of inflammatory immune responses detectable in histological sections and vaginal lavage.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007070 Immunoglobulin A Represents 15-20% of the human serum immunoglobulins, mostly as the 4-chain polymer in humans or dimer in other mammals. Secretory IgA (IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY) is the main immunoglobulin in secretions. IgA,IgA Antibody,IgA1,IgA2,Antibody, IgA
D007073 Immunoglobulin E An immunoglobulin associated with MAST CELLS. Overexpression has been associated with allergic hypersensitivity (HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE). IgE
D007074 Immunoglobulin G The major immunoglobulin isotype class in normal human serum. There are several isotype subclasses of IgG, for example, IgG1, IgG2A, and IgG2B. Gamma Globulin, 7S,IgG,IgG Antibody,Allerglobuline,IgG(T),IgG1,IgG2,IgG2A,IgG2B,IgG3,IgG4,Immunoglobulin GT,Polyglobin,7S Gamma Globulin,Antibody, IgG,GT, Immunoglobulin
D007971 Leukoplakia A white patch lesion found on a MUCOUS MEMBRANE that cannot be scraped off. Leukoplakia is generally considered a precancerous condition, however its appearance may also result from a variety of HEREDITARY DISEASES. Leukokeratosis,Leukoplakic Lesions,Lesion, Leukoplakic,Lesions, Leukoplakic,Leukokeratoses,Leukoplakias,Leukoplakic Lesion
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010063 Ovum A mature haploid female germ cell extruded from the OVARY at OVULATION. Egg,Egg, Unfertilized,Ova,Eggs, Unfertilized,Unfertilized Egg,Unfertilized Eggs
D010212 Papilloma A circumscribed benign epithelial tumor projecting from the surrounding surface; more precisely, a benign epithelial neoplasm consisting of villous or arborescent outgrowths of fibrovascular stroma covered by neoplastic cells. (Stedman, 25th ed) Papilloma, Squamous Cell,Papillomatosis,Papillomas,Papillomas, Squamous Cell,Papillomatoses,Squamous Cell Papilloma,Squamous Cell Papillomas
D011223 Praziquantel An anthelmintic used in most schistosome and many cestode infestations. Biltricide,Cesol,Cisticid,Cysticide,Droncit,Drontsit,EMBAY 8440,Prasiquantel,Praziquantel, (+-)-Isomer,Praziquantel, (R)-Isomer,Praziquantel, (S)-Isomer,Pyquiton,Traziquantel
D001798 Blood Proteins Proteins that are present in blood serum, including SERUM ALBUMIN; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; and many other types of proteins. Blood Protein,Plasma Protein,Plasma Proteins,Serum Protein,Serum Proteins,Protein, Blood,Protein, Plasma,Protein, Serum,Proteins, Blood,Proteins, Plasma,Proteins, Serum
D005260 Female Females

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