Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles

Objective To describe a parasitic infection that probably affected the implantation of good-quality embryos in an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. Design Case report. Setting Tertiary care center in a university hospital. Patient(s) A 36-year-old Caucasian female with primary unexplained infertil...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Bazi, Tony (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Finan, Ramzi (author), Zourob, Dani (author), Sabbagh, Amira (author), Nasnas, Roy (author), Zreik, Tony (author)
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منشور في: 2006
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.067
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028206005000
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Zourob, Dani
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Nasnas, Roy
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Finan, Ramzi
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2015-10-07T09:42:46Z
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Bazi, T., Finan, R., Zourob, D., Sabbagh, A. S., Nasnas, R., & Zreik, T. G. (2006). Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles. Fertility and sterility, 85(6), 1822-e13.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028206005000
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description Objective To describe a parasitic infection that probably affected the implantation of good-quality embryos in an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. Design Case report. Setting Tertiary care center in a university hospital. Patient(s) A 36-year-old Caucasian female with primary unexplained infertility. The patient underwent two cycles of IVF with good-quality embryos transferred; however, no pregnancy ensued despite adequate luteal support. Intervention(s) In vitro fertilization cycles, CBC, blood smear, evaluation for eosinophilia including serological evaluation for parasitic infections. Main Outcome Measure(s) Pregnancy. Result(s) Following treatment for filariasis, a repeat IVF cycle using the same stimulation protocol yielded a full-term pregnancy. Conclusion(s) This case is of particular importance because, to our knowledge, it is the first to describe a parasitic infection that probably affected the implantation of good-quality embryos in IVF cycles.
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spelling Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cyclesBazi, TonyFinan, RamziZourob, DaniSabbagh, AmiraNasnas, RoyZreik, TonyObjective To describe a parasitic infection that probably affected the implantation of good-quality embryos in an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. Design Case report. Setting Tertiary care center in a university hospital. Patient(s) A 36-year-old Caucasian female with primary unexplained infertility. The patient underwent two cycles of IVF with good-quality embryos transferred; however, no pregnancy ensued despite adequate luteal support. Intervention(s) In vitro fertilization cycles, CBC, blood smear, evaluation for eosinophilia including serological evaluation for parasitic infections. Main Outcome Measure(s) Pregnancy. Result(s) Following treatment for filariasis, a repeat IVF cycle using the same stimulation protocol yielded a full-term pregnancy. Conclusion(s) This case is of particular importance because, to our knowledge, it is the first to describe a parasitic infection that probably affected the implantation of good-quality embryos in IVF cycles.PublishedN/A2015-10-07T09:42:46Z2015-10-07T09:42:46Z20062015-10-07Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article0015-0282http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2272http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.067Bazi, T., Finan, R., Zourob, D., Sabbagh, A. S., Nasnas, R., & Zreik, T. G. (2006). Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles. Fertility and sterility, 85(6), 1822-e13.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028206005000enFertility and sterilityinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/22722016-08-25T09:55:37Z
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title Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles
title_full Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles
title_fullStr Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles
title_full_unstemmed Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles
title_short Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles
title_sort Filariasis infection is a probable cause of implantation failure in in vitro fertilization cycles
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.067
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028206005000