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Neurocysticercosis and HIV/AIDS co‐infection: A scoping review
Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 26, Issue 10, Page 1140-1152, October 2021., 2021 Abstract Objectives Neurocysticercosis (NCC) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a high disease burden and are prevalent in overlapping low‐ and middle‐income areas. Yet, treatment guidance for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH/A) co‐infected with NCC is currently lacking. This study aims to scope the available literature on HIV/AIDS and NCC co‐
Paul D. Jewell +10 more
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, 2005 Cysticercosis, a parasitic infection caused by the larvae of Taenia solium, is becoming more prevalent in industrialized countries, because of the increased number of immigrants from areas in which infection with Taenia is endemic.
Cooper, E, Baracco, G
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The Burden of Neurocysticercosis at a Single New York Hospital
Journal of Pathogens, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020 Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a disease caused by the larval pork tapeworm Taenia solium, has emerged as an important infection in the United States. In this study, we describe the spectrum of NCC infection in eastern Long Island, where there is a growing population of immigrants from endemic countries.
Amy Spallone +5 more
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Acta Medica Lituanica, 2021 Background: Prompt diagnosis and early treatment institution are important in intraventricular neurocysticercosis(IVNCC) as compared to the parenchymal or racemose form because it is associated with a poorer patient prognosis.
Deb K. Boruah +7 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Case Reports, 2021 A 13-year-old girl presented with recent onset diplopia. At presentation, she had an ocular motility deficit resembling left eye exotropic-Duane's retraction syndrome.
Sumit Monga, Puneet Jain, Geeta Sethi
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Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumor in an Adult: A Diagnostic Challenge
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2022 Here we report a rare case of diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor (DLGNT) in a 35-year-old man, who was misdiagnosed twice as having tuberculosis meningitis and later racemose neurocysticercosis.
Mukesh Kumar Bhaskar +4 more
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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019 Neurocysticercosis, an infection of the central nervous system with the larval stage of the cestode Taenia solium, is uncommon in developed countries. We report a case of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation from a haploidentical donor complicated, in the long term, by T.
Federico Meconi +7 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2021 Taenia solium is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system and it can cause parenchymal or extra-parenchymal lesions. Subarachnoid cysticercosis is a type of extra-parenchymal infection in which the prevalence is not known and ...
Diana Maritza Parra-Cárdenas +4 more
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Human Taenia martis Neurocysticercosis, Switzerland [PDF]
, 2023 Neurocysticercosis is almost exclusively caused by Taenia solium tapeworms. We describe a case of neurocysticercosis in Switzerland caused by infection with Taenia martis, the marten tapeworm, and review all 5 published cases of human infection with the ...
Neumayr, Andreas +8 more
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Lacrimal Sac Cysticercosis: A Rare Site for Manifestation
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Cysticercosis, a parasitic tissue infestation caused by larval cysts (cysticercus cellulosae) of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, most commonly affects the central nervous system, subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, heart muscle, and the eye. Ocular adnexal infestation in cysticercosis can involve various sites within the eye like vitreous humor ...
Amita Raoot, Antonio Ferreras
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