Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016

We report a case of a 54-year-old Moroccan woman living in France diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and confirmed by testing of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples. Physicians should consider the risk for A. canto...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Yann, Rossi, Benjamin, Argy, Nicolas, Baker, Catherine, Nickel, Beatrice, Marti, Hanspeter, Zarrouk, Virginie, Houzé, Sandrine, Fantin, Bruno, Lefort, Agnès
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28518042
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.161999

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28518042
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.161999

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