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Eosinophilic Meningitis with Unique Imaging Changes Diagnosed by Next-Generation Sequencing

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 2022
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a zoonotic pathogenic nematode, occasionally causes human angiostrongyliasis characterized by eosinophilic meningitis.1 Because of the severity, achieving definitive diagnosis and receiving appropriate treatment as early as ...
Jiaqi Chen, Weili Fan
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ETIOLOGY DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF CHILDREN WITH EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS: 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN A MEDICAL CENTER IN SOUTH VIETNAM

Tạp chí Truyền nhiễm Việt Nam
Background: Eosinophilic meningitis (EOM), which is related to parasitic infections in medical literature, can also lead to permanent neurological disability among survivors. Data about the etiology of EOM in Vietnam, as a tropical country, especially on
Loc Nguyen Dinh   +3 more
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Detecting Angiostrongylus cantonensis Eosinophilic Meningitis with Highly Sensitive Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction-Report of Five Cases in Southern India.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Although more than 30 case reports of eosinophilic meningitis have been attributed to Angiostrongylus cantonensis (A. cantonensis) in India, only three have been microbiologically confirmed (via polymerase chain reaction [PCR] or immunoblot testing).
K. Vinayan   +13 more
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Increased expression of the kynurenine pathway in mice with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection.

Acta Tropica
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the major cause of eosinophilic meningitis worldwide. The imbalance of neurotoxic and neuroprotective metabolites in the kynurenine pathway (KP) have been suggested to contribute to the pathogenesis of central nervous ...
H. Tsai   +3 more
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Eosinophilic Meningitis and Lymphomatous Meningitis

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1975
Excerpt 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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Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) Eosinophilic Meningitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1988
Angiostrongylus (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 in Hodgkin disease

Neurology, 1981
Cerebrospinal 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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Eosinophilic meningitis: what's the “diff”?

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
We 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, 1982
Central 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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