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Cerebral Toxocara canis larval infection presenting as delayed encephalopathy and nonconvulsive status epilepticus: a case report

Adult cerebral Toxocara canis larval infections are rare. Humans are infected by contacting soil that contains infectious eggs or by eating undercooked meat. We encountered a patient with cerebral T. canis infection who showed recurrent altered mentality with nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE)....

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Autores principales: Lee, Jung-Ju, Kang, Kyusik, Lee, Woong-Woo, Kim, Byung-Kun, Park, Jong-Moo, Kwon, Ohyun, Cho, Soohyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Encephalitis and Neuroinflammation Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10295886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37469762
http://dx.doi.org/10.47936/encephalitis.2021.00024