Dexamethasone downregulates the expressions of MMP-9 and oxidative stress in mice with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. [PDF]
Parasitology, 2021 Steroids have been shown to be beneficial in patients and mice with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection; however, the mechanism for this beneficial effect is unknown.
Tsai HC, Chen YH.
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Clinical features and course of Angiostrongylus cantonensis eosinophilic meningitis in patients receiving supportive therapy [PDF]
Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2020 Acute severe headache is the main presentation of eosinophilic meningitis (EOM) caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Oral corticosteroid treatment is effective in reduction of duration of headache but may be contraindicated in particular patients. This
Kanlayanee Sawanyawisuth +10 more
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Trichostatin A, a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor, Alleviates Eosinophilic Meningitis Induced by Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Mice [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) has been used in the treatment of neurodegenerative or autoimmune diseases. Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection is an emerging zoonosis of human eosinophilic meningitis or ...
Yanhua Zhang +19 more
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Expect the Unexpected: A Case of Isolated Eosinophilic Meningitis in Toxocariasis [PDF]
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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Eosinophilic meningitis from bovine graft duraplasty treated without explantation
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022 Aseptic cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia is a rare complication associated with the use of bovine dural graft. It is thought to represent an inflammatory response to the foreign body.
Kersandra Begley, Jonathon Parkinson
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Eosinophilic meningitis: Report of three cases from a hilly area in Kerala
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2019 Normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) does not contain eosinophils. The presence of >10 eosinophils/μL in CSF or at least 10% eosinophils in total CSF leukocyte count confirms eosinophilic meningitis.
Bindu Varghese +7 more
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2023 Introduction: Eosinophilic meningitis is diagnosed by the presence of at least 10% eosinophils in CSF (Cerebrospinal fluid). Aetiological factors may be the use of collagen based dural substitutes, floseal, bioglue, silastic reservoir, or parasitic or ...
Indranil Chakraborty +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundViliuisk encephalomyelitis (VE) is an endemic neurological disease in Northeast Siberia and generally considered to be a chronic encephalomyelitis of unknown origin actually spreading in the Sakha (Yakutian) Republic.Methodology and principle ...
Alexander Storch +8 more
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Childhood Eosinophilic meningitis: two case reports
Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2021 Introduction: Eosinophilic meningitis (EM) is a rare form of meningitis caused by parasitic infestations, Hypereosinophilic syndrome and neoplasms. Case Presentation: We present two EM cases with no clear evidence of parasitic infestation or malignancy,
I. Kankananarachchi +4 more
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