1. A Case Report on Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- Author
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Jiguo Gao, Jingyao Liu, and Chunkui Zhou
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Male ,China ,Eosinophilic Meningitis ,diagnosis ,Food Handling ,Snails ,Case Report ,Disease ,Disease Vectors ,Food handling ,Young Adult ,angiostrongyliasis ,eosinophilic meningitis ,Food Parasitology ,Eosinophilia ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Cooking ,Meningitis, Aseptic ,Strongylida Infections ,biology ,business.industry ,Headache ,Angiostrongylus cantonensis ,Raw fish ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Occupational Diseases ,Seafood ,Immunology ,Angiostrongyliasis ,medicine.symptom ,Intracranial Hypertension ,business - Abstract
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. We describe a case of eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis in a male Chinese patient. The patient had a history of eating raw fish and snail. We describe the clinical features of the patient, the diagnostic process and treatments. We also provide a brief update for physicians on the characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis, with particular emphasis on the update of prevalence and treatment of the disease in China.
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- 2011