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Steroid induced osteonecrosis: An analysis of steroid dosing risk. [PDF]

, 2010
Osteonecrosis is a serious condition involving bone destruction that frequently requires surgical treatment to rebuild the joint. While there is an abundance of literature documenting corticosteroid related osteonecrosis, there is no consensus as to the ...
Chang, Christopher, Cheema, Gurtej, Gershwin, M Eric, Naguwa, Stanley M, Powell, Christian   +4 more
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Cerebral toxocariasis: a possible cause of epileptic seizure in children [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Toxocariasis is a worldwide human helminthiasis, which is mostly asymptomatic and caused by toxocara canis, a roundworm in dogs. These can cause visceral larva migrans syndrome in humans who ingest contaminated soil.
Bächli, Heidi, Gratzl, Otmar, Minet, Jean   +2 more
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, a benign self-limited lymphadenopathy is an uncommon cause of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO). Methods: We retrospectively studied the case-records of 13 patients presenting with PUO who were diagnosed to have ...
Alladi Mohan, B.V. Phaneendra, D Prabath Kumar, J Harikrishna, K Radhika, N Dinesh Kumar, null null   +6 more
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Eosinophilic meningitis Due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Siriraj Medical Journal, 2020
We report a 23 year old female who presented with a history of headache. She was admitted to a hospital in Nakornrachasrima province. Eosinophilic meningitis was diagnosed.
Supathra Tiewcharoen, Anuwat Keerasuntonpong, Praphathip Eamsobhana, Kobkunl Danpukdee, Suchart Benjarassamerote   +4 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis: morphological and behavioral investigation within the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata [PDF]

, 2018
An infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the main causative agent for human eosinophilic encephalitis, can be acquired through the consumption of the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata.
Liu, He-Xiang, Lv, Shan, Steinmann, Peter, Utzinger, Jürg, Zhang, Chao-Wei, Zhang, Yi, Zhou, Xiao-Nong   +6 more
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections [PDF]

, 2018
More than a quarter of the world's population is at risk of infection with the soil-transmitted helminths Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus), Trichuris trichiura, and Strongyloides stercoralis. Infected children
Addiss, David G., Fenwick, Alan, Jourdan, Peter Mark, Lamberton, Poppy H.L.   +3 more
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The mitochondrial genome of Angiostrongylus mackerrasae as a basis for molecular, epidemiological and population genetic studies [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Angiostrongylus mackerrasae is a metastrongyloid nematode endemic to Australia, where it infects the native bush rat, Rattus fuscipes. This lungworm has an identical life cycle to that of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a leading cause of ...
Mahdis Aghazadeh, Rebecca J. Traub, Namitha Mohandas, Kieran V. Aland, Simon A. Reid, James S. McCarthy, Malcolm K. Jones, M Bhaibulaya, AB Kamis, DM Spratt, M Bhaibulaya, J Mackie, M Aghazadeh, J Robins, M Hu, AR Jex, RB Gasser, S Lv, RC Edgar, JP Huelsenbeck, A Jabbar, JF Gao, TH Le, M Hu, M Hu, M Bhaibulaya, A Jabbar, VL Stokes, NJ Morton, D Chan, AG Walker, JH Robins, JD Dunsmore, M Aghazadeh, W Maleewong, Y Qvarnstrom, P Eamsobhana   +36 more
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Cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis of spinal schistosomiasis [PDF]

, 2005
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) changes in spinal shistosomiasis have been described. Its characteristic features are mild to moderate pleocytosis, presence of eosinophils, slight to moderate protein increase, elevated gamma globulin concentration and a ...
Andrade A Filho, Andrade AS Filho, Bosh I, Brandt CT, Coutinho AD, Egídio Tesser, Ferrari TCA, Ferreira MS, Haribhai HC, João Baptista dos Reis Filho, Lange O, Livramento JA, Maria de Lourdes Amud Ali dos Reis, Matas SLA, Moreno-Carvalho OA, Nash TE, Peregrino AJP, Primavera Borelli, Prineas JW, Razdan S, Reis JB, Reis JB, Reis JB, Sandro Luiz de Andrade Matas, Santos EC, Scrimgeour EM, Scully RE, Sher A, Tsai HC, Urban CA, Wynn TA   +30 more
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Meningoencefalitis Eosinofílica Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis

Revista Médica Electrónica, 2009
El Angiostrongylus cantonensis es la causa infecciosa más frecuente de meningoencefalitis eosinofílica en el niño en nuestro medio. El huésped definitivo de este nemátodo es la rata y los humanos se infectan por la ingestión de larvas en tercer estadio ...
Maritza Fariñas González, Rolando Medina Domínguez, María del C Godoy Guerra, Eldalina Rodríguez, Iliana Robainas Fiallo   +4 more
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Zoonotic Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Black Rats, Houston, Texas, 2024

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The Angiostrongylus cantonensis rat lungworm is a zoonotic nematode that infects several rat species. This nematode causes eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis in humans and other accidental hosts. We found a 20% prevalence of A.
Daniela A. Sierra, Tiana L. Sanders, Erin E. Edwards, Christine M. Molter, Guilherme G. Verocai   +4 more
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