Drug target in eosinophilic meningitis caused by angiostrongylus cantonensis

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak ^a   Sawanyawisuth, Kanlayanee ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Angiostrongyliasis; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis; Eosinophilic meningitis; Snail

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MEBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; EOSINOPHIL MENINGITIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MENINGITIS; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 79751471303     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152610793180867     Document Type: Article

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