Severe hemorrhagic meningoencephalitis due to angiostrongylus cantonensis among young children in Sydney, Australia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1158-1161

  Morton, Nikola J ^a   Britton, Philip ^b   Palasanthiran, Pamela ^a   Bye, Ann ^a   Sugo, Ella ^a   Kesson, Alison ^b,c   Ardern Holmes, Simone ^b   Snelling, Thomas L ^a,d  

^a Randwick Campus ^*  (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; children; eosinophilia; meningoencephalitis; susceptibility weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMATINIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DURA MATER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; WEAKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; CHILDREN; EOSINOPHILIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SUSCEPTIBILITY-WEIGHTED IMAGING;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84884949180     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit444     Document Type: Article

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