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The age-related risk of co-existing meningitis in children with urinary tract infection [PDF]

, 2011
Objective: The primary aim of this study was to determine age-stratified rates of co-existing bacterial meningitis in children with urinary tract infection (UTI).
Clifford Vanessa, Tebruegge Marc, Nigel Curtis, Tebruegge, M, Marc Tebruegge, Connell Tom, Connell, Tom, Gonis, Gena, Clifford, V, Ritz, N, Curtis, N, Curtis, Nigel, Gonis Gena, Pantazidou, Anastasia, Clifford, Vanessa, Ritz Nicole, Curtis Nigel, Pantazidou, A, Ritz, Nicole, Gena Gonis, Tom Connell, Anastasia Pantazidou, Vanessa Clifford, Nicole Ritz, Connell, T, Tebruegge, Marc, Pantazidou Anastasia, Gonis, G   +27 more
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Eosinophilic Meningitis in a Toddler

Indian Pediatrics, 2021
Abinaya Geetha, Raveendrakumar, Gopika Sekhar, Remadevi, Elizabeth Kandathil, Eapen, AnilKumar Thangappakuruppu, Vijayamma, , Anjana   +4 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis eosinophilic meningitis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999
In the past 50 years, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis, has spread from Southeast Asia to the South Pacific, Africa, India, the Caribbean, and recently, to Australia and North America, mainly carried by cargo ship rats.
Pien, Francis D., Pien, Brian C.
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Eosinophilic meningitis in a returned traveler from Santo Domingo: case report and review

, 2007
We describe one case of eosinophilic meningitis (EM) in a traveler returning from Santo Domingo, presumably caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Treatment with mebendazole and steroids was effective.
Narciso, Pasquale, LEONE, SEBASTIANO, Ghirga, Piero, Esposito, Mario, Nicastri, Emanuele, De Marco, Michele   +5 more
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Eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Germany

, 2009
We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a patient who returned from Thailand. The presence of a compatible epidemiologic history and eosinophilia in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lead to the diagnosis, which was ...
Blum, J., Thomke, F., Muller, H. D., Siegel, E., Torzewski, M., Vogt, T., Luessi, F., Sollors, J., Sommer, C.   +8 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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Bacterial meningitis: the role of transforming growth factor-Beta in innate immunity and secondary brain damage [PDF]

, 2007
Project 6 of the NCCR 'Neural Plasticity and Repair' focuses on mechanisms of immunity and tissue damage in autoimmune and infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).
Malipiero, U, Malipiero, Ursula, Pfister, W, Fontana, Adriano, Koedel, U, Pfister, Walter, Fontana, A, Koedel, Uwe, Pfister W, Fontana A, Koedel U, Malipiero U   +11 more
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Intracranial Hypertension Secondary to Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus Cantonensis [PDF]

, 2018
Angiostrongylus Cantonensis, a nematode, is a well-known cause of eosinophilic meningitis in endemic areas such as Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Hawaii. Nevertheless, an increasing number of cases in the southeast of the U.S.
Cruz, Roberto A., Ramos, Alexander B., Copeland, Brian, Seal, Paula, Smith, Christopher   +4 more
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Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Angiostrongylus cantonensis-Induced Eosinophilic Meningitis: A Case Report Emphasizing the Need for Accurate Detection Methods. [PDF]

Am J Case Rep, 2023
Luo WT, Hsu CH, Wu RC, Chen HP.
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