Eosinophilic meningitis in a previously healthy 13-year-old child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Thyssen, Andreas ^a   Mitchell, Michelle ^a,b   Qvarnstrom, Yvonne ^c   Rao, Suchitra ^a,b   Benke, Timothy A ^a,b   Glodé, Mary P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; eosinophilic meningitis; rat lung worm

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; KETOROLAC; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL MENINGITIS; EYE PAIN; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIGRAINE; PAPILLEDEMA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SINUSITIS; SLURRED SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84873021686     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31827c9726     Document Type: Article

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