Meningitis by Toxocara canis after ingestion of raw ostrich liver

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1105-1108

  Noh, Young ^a   Hong, Sung Tae ^b   Yun, Ji Young ^c   Park, Hong Kyun ^d   Oh, Jung Hwan ^d   Kim, Young Eun ^d   Jeon, Beom S ^d  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Ostrich; Raw liver; Toxocara canis; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LIVER; MALE; MENINGITIS; OSTRICH; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; EATING; HUMANS; LARVA; LIVER; MALE; MENINGITIS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 84866368268     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.9.1105     Document Type: Article

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