Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Report of 17 cases

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-114

  Tsai, Hung Chin ^a,b   Liu, Yung Ching ^a,b   Kunin, Calvin M ^c   Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^a,b   Chen, Yao Shen ^a,b   Lin, Hsi Hsun ^a,b   Tsai, Tsung Hung ^d   Lin, Wei Ru ^a,b   Huang, Chun Kai ^a,b   Yen, Muh Yong ^a,b   Yen, Chuan Min ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLYCEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEBENDAZOLE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LARVA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SNAIL; THAILAND; TORTICOLLIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EATING; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035424407     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00766-5     Document Type: Article

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