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; S Capelle; P Agnamey; A Devaux; N Frydman; H Copin; M Benkhalifa

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofx208

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

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Oct 6;4(4):ofx208. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx208. eCollection 2017 Fall.

Authors

V Puy^{1

2}, F Scheffler¹, C Tinez³, N Belhadri-Mansouri¹, A Huguenin⁴, S Capelle¹, P Agnamey³, A Devaux¹, N Frydman², H Copin¹, M Benkhalifa¹

Affiliations

¹ Service de Médecine et Biologie de la Reproduction, Cytogénétique, AMP et CECOS de Picardie, CHU d'Amiens, F-80054 Amiens cedex 1, France.
² AP-HP, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Reproductive Biology Unit, Clamart, France.
³ Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie, CHU d'Amiens, F-80054 Amiens cedex 1, France.
⁴ Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie, Hôpital Maison Blanche, CHU de Reims, F-51092 Reims, France.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Loa loa; assisted reproductive technology; filariasis; follicular fluid; in vitro fertilization.