Encephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis after eating raw frogs mixed with wine as a health supplement

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 771-774

  Tsai, Hung Chin ^a,b   Lai, Ping Hong ^a,b   Sy, Cheng Len ^a   Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^a,b   Yen, Chuan Min ^c   Wann, Shue Ren ^a,b   Chen, Yao Shen ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Encephalitis; Eosinophilic meningitis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FROG; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAW FOOD; SENSORY SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSTEADINESS; WEAKNESS; WINE;

AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISOLONE; RANIDAE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WINE;

EID: 79953741123     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4193     Document Type: Article

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