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Treatment of angiostrongyliasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008
Angiostrongyliasis, caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is endemic in northeastern Thailand and southern and eastern Taiwan and is also reported throughout the world. Humans get infected by eating raw freshwater snails or other paratenic hosts. The three main clinical forms of angiostrongyliasis are: eosinophilic meningitis (EoM), eosinophilic ...
Kanlayanee, Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak, Sawanyawisuth   +1 more
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Angiostrongyliasis Cantonensis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1979
Summary: A case of Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, presenting in a Caucasian resident of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, is described. Diagnosis was supported by serological studies. This appears to be the first report of a case from New Britain.
E M, Scrimgeour, W J, Burke
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การใช้สื่อวีดิทัศน์สารคดีเพื่อให้ความรู้แก่ประชาชนเรื่องโรคพยาธิหอยโข่ง (Angiostrongyliasis)

2021
Mahidol R2R e-Journal, 8, 3, 120 ...
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Human Angiostrongyliasis of the Eye in Bangkok

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1962
Summary A case of ocular angiostrongyliasis in a Thai male aged 34 years, in Bangkok, is reported. It is the third case of Angiostrongylus infection in man, the first in Thailand, and the first to be reported involving the eye.
K, PROMMINDAROJ, N, LEELAWONGS, A, PRADATSUNDARASAR   +2 more
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An outbreak of Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis in Beijing

Journal of Parasitology, 2010
An outbreak of 81 cases of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis (AC) occurred in Beijing, China, during June through September 2006. Epidemiological characteristics, clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, imaging, and treatment data from the 81 AC patients were collected and analyzed.
Jing, Wang, Haiyu, Qi, Zongli, Diao, Xiaoyan, Zheng, Xiaoli, Li, Suxia, Ma, Aiping, Ji, Chenghong, Yin   +7 more
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Human ocular angiostrongyliasis: a literature review

Tropical Doctor, 2011
Human ocular angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in the eye is a very rare condition. Until now, there has been no comprehensive analysis of this disease. We searched and analysed the references found on the Internet that refer to human ocular angiostrongyliasis and reviewed the aetiology, clinical manifestations ...
Zongli, Diao, Jing, Wang, Haiyu, Qi, Xiaoli, Li, Xiaoyan, Zheng, Chenghong, Yin   +5 more
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Emergence of Neural Angiostrongyliasis in Eastern Australia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2015
Despite an apparent increase in cases of angiostrongyliasis in humans and animals in Australia, the epidemiology of infection with the two species of Angiostrongylus that co-exist in this country, namely A. cantonensis and A. mackerrasae, is poorly understood. This knowledge gap is particularly important with respect to A.
Aghazadeh, Mahdis, Jones, Malcolm K., Aland, Kieran V., Reid, Simon A., Traub, Rebecca J., McCarthy, James S., Lee, Rogan   +6 more
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Histopathological criteria for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis

Parasitology Research, 1991
An increasing number of cases of abdominal angiostrongyliasis have recently been diagnosed in southern Brazil. A comparative study of 19 confirmed cases and 15 suspected cases was undertaken to review the anatomo-pathology of the disease and to establish histopathological criteria for its diagnosis.
C, Graeff-Teixeira, L, Camillo-Coura, H L, Lenzi   +2 more
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Ocular Angiostrongyliasis in Japan: A Case Report

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1988
A small motile worm was found in the posterior pole of the eye of a patient, producing a decrease in visual acuity. The patient had signs of meningitis and had cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia. His serum was positive for antibodies to Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
R G, Nelson, R C, Warren, F A, Scotti, T G, Call, B S, Kim   +4 more
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Ocular Angiostrongyliasis in Semarang, Central Java

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1977
A worm removed intact from the anterior chamber of the left eye of a 23-year-old woman from Central Java was identified as a mle Angiostrongylus cantonensis, 11.1 mm in length and 0.24 mm in maximum width. A useful degree of eye function was preserved. Five similar cases have been reported--three from Thailand, two from South Vietnam.
, Widagdo, , Sunardi, D M, Lokollo, S S, Margono   +3 more
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