Elsberg syndrome with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 1333-1336

  Furugen, Makoto ^a   Yamashiro, Shin ^a   Tamayose, Maki ^a   Naha, Yui ^a   Miyagi, Kazuya ^a   Nakasone, Chikara ^a   Uchihara, Teruhito ^a   Haranaga, Shusaku ^a   Azuma, Masato ^a   Yara, Satomi ^a   Shinzato, Takashi ^b   Higa, Futoshi ^a   Toma, Hiromu ^a   Tateyama, Masao ^a   Fujita, Jiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Nakagami Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Elsberg syndrome; Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DEXAMETHASONE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISORIENTATION; ELSBERG SYNDROME; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; URINE RETENTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; EOSINOPHILIA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PREDNISOLONE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; SYNDROME; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 33845639706     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1871     Document Type: Article

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