Cerebral schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium confirmed by PCR analysis of brain specimen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3703-3706

  Imai, Kentaro ^a   Koibuchi, Tomohiko ^a   Kumagai, Takashi ^b   Maeda, Takuya ^c   Osada, Yoshio ^d   Ohta, Nobuo ^b   Koga, Michiko ^a   Nakamura, Hitomi ^a   Miura, Toshiyuki ^a   Iwamoto, Aikichi ^a   Fujii, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; CROSS REACTIONS; FECES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; VERMES;

EID: 80053473897     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01073-11     Document Type: Article

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