Eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus and Gnathostoma species

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-327

  Ramirez Avila, Lynn ^a   Slome, Sally ^b   Schuster, Frederick L ^c   Gavali, Shilpa ^c   Schantz, Peter M ^d   Sejvar, James ^d   Glaser, Carol A ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Kaiser Oakland Medical Center   (United States)

^c VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THELAZIA;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILIA; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58749083533     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595852     Document Type: Article

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