Brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in eosinophilic meningitis caused by angiostrongylus cantonensis infection

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-166

  Tsai, Hung Chin ^a,b   Tseng, Yu Ting ^a,b   Yen, Chuan Min ^c   Chen, Eng Rin ^c   Sy, Cheng Len ^a,b   Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^a,b   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; Eosinophilic meningitis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS ANTIBODY; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; MEBENDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL MENINGITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS;

EID: 84863165227     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0603     Document Type: Article

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