Clinical manifestations of eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis: 18 years' experience in a medical center in southern Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-389

  Tseng, Yu Ting ^a   Tsai, Hung Chin ^a,b   Sy, Cheng Len ^a   Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^a,b   Wann, Shue Ren ^a   Wang, Yung Hsing ^a   Chen, Jei Kuang ^a   Wu, Kuan Sheng ^a   Chen, Yao Shen ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Eosinophilic meningitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053634355     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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