Angiostrongylus cantonensis Is an Important Cause of Eosinophilic Meningitis in Southern Vietnam

We utilized polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to demonstrate that Angiostrongylus cantonensis was responsible for 67.3% of 55 cases of eosinophilic meningitis from a cohort of 1,690 adult patients with CNS infection at a tertiary hospital in southern Vietnam. Longer duration of illness, depressed cons...

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Autores principales: McBride, Angela, Chau, Tran Thi Hong, Hong, Nguyen Thi Thu, Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang, Anh, Nguyen To, Thanh, Tran Tan, Van, Tran Thi Hue, Xuan, Le Thi, Sieu, Tran Phu Manh, Thai, Le Hong, Chuong, Ly Van, Sinh, Dinh Xuan, Phong, Nguyen Duy, Phu, Nguyen Hoan, Day, Jeremy, Nghia, Ho Dang Trung, Hien, Tran Tinh, Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh, Thwaites, Guy, Tan, Le Van
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28158507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix118

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28158507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix118

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