Severe eosinophilic meningitis owing to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in young Jamaican children: Case report and literature review

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-152

  Evans Gilbert, Tracy ^a   Lindo, John F ^b   Henry, Sonia ^c   Brown, Paul ^b   Christie, Celia D C ^b  

^a Department of Paediatrics   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c Bustamante Hospital for Children   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Children; Eosinophilic; Infectious disease; Meningitis; Severe

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PREDNISONE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COUGHING; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; IRRITABILITY; JAMAICA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENINGISM; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RHINORRHEA; RURAL AREA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHEEZING; AGE; ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE FACTORS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAMAICA; MENINGITIS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899817216     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905513Y.0000000106     Document Type: Article

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