Angiostrongylus cantonensis Is an Important Cause of Eosinophilic Meningitis in Southern Vietnam.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 28158507.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/cid/cix118 and PMC identifier 5447893.
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Abstract
We utilized polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to demonstrate that Angiostrongylus cantonensis was responsible for 67.3% of 55 cases of eosinophilic meningitis from a cohort of 1,690 adult patients with CNS infection at a tertiary hospital in southern Vietnam. Longer duration of illness, depressed consciousness, and peripheral blood eosinophilia were associated with PCR positivity.
Medical subject headings
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- Eosinophilia
- Meningitis
- Strongylida Infections