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Angiostrongylus cantonensis DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Persons with Eosinophilic Meningitis, Laos [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Definitive identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis parasites from clinical specimens is difficult. As a result, regional epidemiology and burden are poorly characterized.
Damien K.Y. Ming +6 more
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Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 We report a case of a 54-year-old Moroccan woman living in France diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and confirmed by testing of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples ...
Yann Nguyen +9 more
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2015 We report a case of neurognathostomiasis in a Thai laborer for the first time in Taiwan. For patients with eosinophilic meningitis, neurognathostomiasis should be considered when brain image discloses subarachnoid or intracranial hemorrhage and when an ...
Dar-Der Ji +2 more
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Full Recovery from Baylisascaris procyonis Eosinophilic Meningitis
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 Infection by Baylisascaris procyonis is an uncommon but devastating cause of eosinophilic meningitis. We report the first case-patient, to our knowledge, who recovered from B. procyonis eosinophilic meningitis without any recognizable neurologic deficits.
Poulomi J. Pai +4 more
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Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2013 Eosinophilic meningitis or encephalitis is a rare disorder and is most commonly caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Humans are accidentally infected when they ingest raw snails or vegetables contaminated with the parasite larvae.
Chang-Wei Hsueh +3 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 After an outbreak in 2000 of eosinophilic meningitis in tourists to Jamaica, we looked for Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats and snails on the island. Overall, 22% (24/109) of rats harbored adult worms, and 8% (4/48) of snails harbored A.
John F. Lindo +10 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Is an Important Cause of Eosinophilic Meningitis in Southern Vietnam [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017 We utilized polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to demonstrate that Angiostrongylus cantonensis was responsible for 67.3% of 55 cases of eosinophilic meningitis from a cohort of 1,690 adult patients with CNS infection at a tertiary hospital in southern ...
Tan Le Van +2 more
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Expect the Unexpected: A Case of Isolated Eosinophilic Meningitis in Toxocariasis
Case Reports in Neurology, 2014 We present the case of a young police officer suffering from headache without other neurological symptoms caused by isolated eosinophilic meningitis, which resulted from an infection with Toxocara cati, along with a discussion of the differential ...
Christian Sick, Michael G. Hennerici
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A blind passenger: a rare case of documented seroconversion in an Angiostrongylus cantonensis induced eosinophilic meningitis in a traveler visiting friends and relatives [PDF]
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2019 Background Eosinophilic meningitis (EOM) is a rare condition that is caused by various communicable and non-communicable factors. The rat-lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which is associated with consumption of raw or undercooked paratenic or ...
Tobias Brummaier +8 more
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A Case Report on Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis
International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2011 Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. It is usually caused by ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked intermediate hosts or food contaminated with infective third-stage larvae.
Jingyao Liu, Jiguo Gao, Chunkui Zhou
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