Acute eosinophilic meningitis and orbital inflammation from presumed angiostrongyliasis

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e65-e67

  Chi, Mijung ^a,b   Kim, H Jane ^b,c   Haug, Sara ^b   Vagefi, Reza ^b   Kersten, Robert C ^b  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; EYE INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORBITAL MYOSITIS; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLE INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ORBITAL MYOSITIS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84908136189     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2014.02.011     Document Type: Letter

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