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Eosinophilic Meningitis: A Live Evidence
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Handbook of Clinical Neurology / Edited By P J Vinken and G W Bruyn, 2013
Eosinophilic meningitis is defined by the presence of at least 10% eosinophils in the total cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leukocyte count. Although there are several possible causes of eosinophils in the CSF, parasitic infection is the main cause. The three common parasites causing eosinophilic meningitis include Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Gnathostoma ...
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Eosinophilic meningitis is defined by the presence of at least 10% eosinophils in the total cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leukocyte count. Although there are several possible causes of eosinophils in the CSF, parasitic infection is the main cause. The three common parasites causing eosinophilic meningitis include Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Gnathostoma ...
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Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2003
Eosinophilic meningitis (EM) is a distinct clinical entity that may have infectious and noninfectious causes. Worldwide, infection with the helminthic parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is the most common infectious etiology. Historically, this infection has been acquired through ingestion of competent intermediate and paratenic (carrier) hosts or ...
Trevor, Slom, Stuart, Johnson
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Eosinophilic meningitis (EM) is a distinct clinical entity that may have infectious and noninfectious causes. Worldwide, infection with the helminthic parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is the most common infectious etiology. Historically, this infection has been acquired through ingestion of competent intermediate and paratenic (carrier) hosts or ...
Trevor, Slom, Stuart, Johnson
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Eosinophilic Meningitis and Lymphomatous Meningitis
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1975Excerpt Eosinophilic meningitis is a relatively rare entity which has been associated in the past with lymphomatous involvement of the central nervous system in only a single case of Hodgkin's dise...
DAVID K. KING +3 more
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Eosinophilic meningitis in Hodgkin disease
Neurology, 1981Cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia is an unusual finding that can be caused by Hodgkin disease with central nervous system involvement. To date, only three cases have been reported; in only one of these was central nervous system involvement demonstrated at autopsy.
R, Patchell, M C, Perry
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Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) Eosinophilic Meningitis
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1988Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) cantonensis is the commonest cause of eosinophilic meningitis in the world. Infective third-stage larvae develop in slugs and snails. Humans are infected primarily in the central nervous system after ingesting an infected intermediate host.
J, Koo, F, Pien, M M, Kliks
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Eosinophilic meningitis: what's the “diff”?
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014We report a case of a 22-year-old man who presented to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status and was diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis (AC) acquired in the United States after exposure to snails.
Michael A, Miller +3 more
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Eosinophilic Meningitis and Hydrocephalus in an Infant
Archives of Neurology, 1982Central nervous system invasion by helminths is the most frequent cause of eosinophilic pleocytosis in the CSF. Although CSF eosinophilia is an unusual finding in the continental United States, it is not an uncommon observation in cases of meningitis in Hawaii and the South Pacific.
R W, Enzenauer, R M, Yamaoka
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