Eosinophilic meningitis in a returned traveler from Santo Domingo: Case report and review

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Leone, Sebastiano ^a,b,c   De Marco, Michele ^b   Ghirga, Piero ^b   Nicastri, Emanuele ^b   Esposito, Mario ^b   Narciso, Pasquale ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c Clinica Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EOSINOPHIL MENINGITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PERSISTENT INFECTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAVEL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EOSINOPHILIA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; MENINGITIS; PREDNISOLONE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 35948952731     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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