Update on eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and its clinical relevance

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 322-348

  Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^a,c   Da Silva, Ana Cristina Arámburu ^a   Yoshimura, Kentaro ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Casa 1190 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; GENTAMICIN; MEBENDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TIABENDAZOLE; TRICLABENDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BAYLISASCARIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COENUROSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FILARIASIS; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOSIS; MYIASIS; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THELAZIA; TOXOCARIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; EOSINOPHILIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 66449109779     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: 10986618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00044-08     Document Type: Review

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