Toxocariasis After Slug Ingestion Characterized by Severe Neurologic, Ocular, and Pulmonary Involvement

Human toxocariasis is generally a benign, self-curing disease, and neurologic involvement is quite exceptional. In this study, we report a case of toxocariasis caused by ingestion of an unusual transport host, namely live slugs. The clinical picture comprised eosinophilic lung involvement with sever...

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Autores principales: Fellrath, Jean-Marc, Magnaval, Jean-François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25734133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu063
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description Human toxocariasis is generally a benign, self-curing disease, and neurologic involvement is quite exceptional. In this study, we report a case of toxocariasis caused by ingestion of an unusual transport host, namely live slugs. The clinical picture comprised eosinophilic lung involvement with severe neurologic disorders in relation to vasculitis as well as retinal detachment.
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spelling pubmed-42817942015-03-02 Toxocariasis After Slug Ingestion Characterized by Severe Neurologic, Ocular, and Pulmonary Involvement Fellrath, Jean-Marc Magnaval, Jean-François Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports Human toxocariasis is generally a benign, self-curing disease, and neurologic involvement is quite exceptional. In this study, we report a case of toxocariasis caused by ingestion of an unusual transport host, namely live slugs. The clinical picture comprised eosinophilic lung involvement with severe neurologic disorders in relation to vasculitis as well as retinal detachment. Oxford University Press 2014-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4281794/ /pubmed/25734133 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu063 Text en © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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title_full Toxocariasis After Slug Ingestion Characterized by Severe Neurologic, Ocular, and Pulmonary Involvement
title_fullStr Toxocariasis After Slug Ingestion Characterized by Severe Neurologic, Ocular, and Pulmonary Involvement
title_full_unstemmed Toxocariasis After Slug Ingestion Characterized by Severe Neurologic, Ocular, and Pulmonary Involvement
title_short Toxocariasis After Slug Ingestion Characterized by Severe Neurologic, Ocular, and Pulmonary Involvement
title_sort toxocariasis after slug ingestion characterized by severe neurologic, ocular, and pulmonary involvement
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281794/
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