1. Fatal Human Meningoencephalitis due to Halicephalobus Nematodes, Germany
- Author
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Birgit Muntau, Dennis Tappe, Hans Konrad Müller-Hermelink, Marc Keppler, Camelia-Maria Monoranu, Wolfgang Müllges, Klaus Brehm, Sarah L. Ondrejka, and Egbert Tannich
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,nematode ,law.invention ,Serology ,law ,Medicine ,Helminths ,Polymerase chain reaction ,horses ,Halicephalobus ,biology ,business.industry ,Meningoencephalitis ,meningoencephalitis ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Post mortem brain ,Infectious Diseases ,Nematode ,PCR ,Oncology ,Immunology ,Brief Reports ,business - Abstract
Infections with Halicephalobus nematodes, causative agents of severe meningoencephalitis in horses, have rarely been reported in humans. In this study, the clinical, serological, cytokine, and histopathological findings of a rapidly progressive and eventually fatal meningoencephalitis in a previously healthy human are described. The helminth was finally diagnosed by specific polymerase chain reactions from post mortem tissue.
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- 2015