A case report on eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus can-tonensis

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 510-513

  Liu, Jingyao ^a   Gao, Jiguo ^a   Zhou, Chunkui ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiostrongyliasis; China; Diagnosis; Eosinophilic meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHLORIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAW FOOD; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 80053580423     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.8.510     Document Type: Article

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