A child with raccoon roundworm meningoencephalitis: A pathogen emerging in your own backyard?

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Hajek, Jan ^a   Yau, Yvonne ^b   Kertes, Peter ^b   Soman, Teesta ^b   Laughlin, Suzanne ^b   Kanani, Ronik ^b   Kazacos, Kevin ^c   Dangoudoubiyam, Sriveny ^c   Opavsky, Mary Anne ^a  

^a NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris procyonis; Encephalitis; Eosinophilia; Larva migrans; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RACCOON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949154839     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/304625     Document Type: Article

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