Global neurologic deficits with baylisascaris encephalitis in a previously healthy teenager

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 925-927

  Chun, Colleen S ^a   Kazacos, Kevin R ^b   Glaser, Carol ^c   Bardo, Dianna ^d   Dangoudoubiyam, Sriveny ^b   Nash, Robert ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris procyonis; Encephalitis; Larva migrans; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DOXYCYCLINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISORIENTATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; NEMATODE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH;

EID: 70349673961     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a648f1     Document Type: Article

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