Treatment of angiostrongyliasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 990-996

  Sawanyawisuth, Kanlayanee ^a   Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus; Eeosinophilic meningitis; Eosinophilic encephalitis; Parasitic eye infections; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALBENDAZOLE SULFONE; ALBENDAZOLE SULFOXIDE; BETA TUBULIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CURCUMIN; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GELATINASE B; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; THALIDOMIDE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANGIOSTRONGYLOSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; EYE INFLAMMATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MENINGITIS; MONOTHERAPY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAW FOOD; RETINITIS; REVIEW; SNAIL; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MENINGITIS; MICE; RABBITS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BASOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 50549099239     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.021     Document Type: Review

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