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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 6, Pp 1153-1155 (2018), Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, 24 (6), pp.1153-1155. ⟨10.3201/eid2406.180168⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018.
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Abstract
- International audience; We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis complicated by transverse myelitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil who had traveled to Suriname. We confirmed diagnosis by serology and real-time PCR in the cerebrospinal fluid. The medical community should be aware of angiostrongyliasis in the Guiana Shield.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Eosinophilic Meningitis
Epidemiology
Central nervous system
030231 tropical medicine
lcsh:Medicine
parasites
Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection
Transverse myelitis
Serology
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Cerebrospinal fluid
0302 clinical medicine
transverse myelitis
eosinophilic meningitis
[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
parasitic diseases
medicine
lcsh:RC109-216
030212 general & internal medicine
[SDV.MHEP.ME]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Emerging diseases
biology
business.industry
lcsh:R
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
3. Good health
medicine.anatomical_structure
Infectious Diseases
Guiana Shield
nematodes
Angiostrongyliasis
meningitis/encephalitis
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806059 and 10806040
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....815272fca76114c112c92444ee1af78b