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Fatal Encephalopathy Due to Lagochilascaris Minor Infection

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1986
A 14-year-old boy with a tetralogy of Fallot showed a subacute, progressive encephalopathy characterized by headache, stupor and coma. Death occurred three months after the beginning of the illness. Neuropathologic examination revealed diffuse foci of necrosis of the cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum, and the presence of the nematode Lagochilascaris ...
S, Rosemberg, M B, Lopes, Z, Masuda, R, Campos, M C, Vieira Bressan   +4 more
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Infestation from Lagochilascaris minor in Mexico

International Journal of Dermatology, 1997
An 11-year-old girl presented from Villa Azueta, Veracruz, a poor and small town on the Tesechoacan riverside. The Tesechoacan riverside is a tropical area in the south-east of Mexico, between 18 degrees, 04',32" latitude and 95 degrees, 42',23" longitude.
F, Vargas-Ocampo, F J, Alvarado-Aleman
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Lagochilascaris minor Infection in Venezuela

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1982
A Lagochilascaris minor infection in a 6-year-old Venezuelan girl with a 4-year history of nasal obstruction is reported. Treatment with levamisole resulted in clinical and radiological cure. Eggs of L. minor were observed in the patient's feces; these were cultured to second stage larvae.
G S, Volcan, F R, Ochoa, C E, Medrano, Y, de Valera   +3 more
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Two Cases of Human Lagochilascaris Infection in Colombia

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1984
Two human cases of infection with Lagochilascaris are described from Colombia. One patient was a 21 year-old woman who suffered from repeated attacks of tonsillitis and passage of worms from the nose. When a tonsillectomy was performed, numerous worms were found in the tissues. Treatment with thiabendazole and mebendazole was ineffective. She was cured
D, Botero, M D, Little
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Subcutaneous infection of Lagochilascaris minor in domestic cats from Uruguay

Veterinary Parasitology, 2002
The nematode Lagochilascaris minor was collected from subcutaneous abscesses on the face and neck of three female cats aged 8 months, and 1 and 2 years. These cats were born in the Department of Maldonado, Uruguay. Female and male nematodes were 10.1-14.4 and 10.0-14.3mm long, respectively. The lips were one dorsal lip and two subventral lips separated
Tsukasa, Sakamoto, Perla A, Cabrera
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Zoonotic Lagochilascaris minor and nine other parasites in a cat

Parasitology Research
A case of polyparasitism in an 8-year-old female cat from Southern Brazil is reported. Among the described clinical signs, both gurltiosis and lagochilascariasis are of rare occurrence, being categorized as neglected diseases. The diagnosis of feline crural parasitic paraplegia was established through clinical signs, necropsy lesion observations, and ...
Renata, Fagundes-Moreira, Claiton Ismael, Schwartz, Felipe Auatt Batista, de Sousa, Laura, Berger, Fernanda Meneses, Lopes, Vanessa R, Barrs, Jairo A, Mendoza-Roldan, Domenico, Otranto, Saulo Petinatti, Pavarini, Welden, Panziera, João Fabio, Soares   +10 more
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