Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield

We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis complicated by transverse myelitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil who had traveled to Suriname. We confirmed diagnosis by serology and real-time PCR in the cerebrospinal fluid. The medical community should be aware o...

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Autores principales: Defo, Antoine L., Lachaume, Noémie, Cuadro-Alvarez, Emma, Maniassom, Chimène, Martin, Elise, Njuieyon, Falucar, Henaff, Fanny, Mrsic, Yajaira, Brunelin, Annabelle, Epelboin, Loic, Blanchet, Denis, Harrois, Dorothée, Desbois-Nogard, Nicole, Qvarnstrom, Yvonne, Demar, Magalie, Dard, Céline, Elenga, Narcisse
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6004866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29774852
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.180168
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author Defo, Antoine L.
Lachaume, Noémie
Cuadro-Alvarez, Emma
Maniassom, Chimène
Martin, Elise
Njuieyon, Falucar
Henaff, Fanny
Mrsic, Yajaira
Brunelin, Annabelle
Epelboin, Loic
Blanchet, Denis
Harrois, Dorothée
Desbois-Nogard, Nicole
Qvarnstrom, Yvonne
Demar, Magalie
Dard, Céline
Elenga, Narcisse
author_facet Defo, Antoine L.
Lachaume, Noémie
Cuadro-Alvarez, Emma
Maniassom, Chimène
Martin, Elise
Njuieyon, Falucar
Henaff, Fanny
Mrsic, Yajaira
Brunelin, Annabelle
Epelboin, Loic
Blanchet, Denis
Harrois, Dorothée
Desbois-Nogard, Nicole
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description We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis complicated by transverse myelitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil who had traveled to Suriname. We confirmed diagnosis by serology and real-time PCR in the cerebrospinal fluid. The medical community should be aware of angiostrongyliasis in the Guiana Shield.
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spelling pubmed-60048662018-06-22 Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield Defo, Antoine L. Lachaume, Noémie Cuadro-Alvarez, Emma Maniassom, Chimène Martin, Elise Njuieyon, Falucar Henaff, Fanny Mrsic, Yajaira Brunelin, Annabelle Epelboin, Loic Blanchet, Denis Harrois, Dorothée Desbois-Nogard, Nicole Qvarnstrom, Yvonne Demar, Magalie Dard, Céline Elenga, Narcisse Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis complicated by transverse myelitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil who had traveled to Suriname. We confirmed diagnosis by serology and real-time PCR in the cerebrospinal fluid. The medical community should be aware of angiostrongyliasis in the Guiana Shield. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6004866/ /pubmed/29774852 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.180168 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Defo, Antoine L.
Lachaume, Noémie
Cuadro-Alvarez, Emma
Maniassom, Chimène
Martin, Elise
Njuieyon, Falucar
Henaff, Fanny
Mrsic, Yajaira
Brunelin, Annabelle
Epelboin, Loic
Blanchet, Denis
Harrois, Dorothée
Desbois-Nogard, Nicole
Qvarnstrom, Yvonne
Demar, Magalie
Dard, Céline
Elenga, Narcisse
Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield
title Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield
title_full Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield
title_fullStr Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield
title_full_unstemmed Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield
title_short Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield
title_sort angiostrongylus cantonensis infection of central nervous system, guiana shield
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6004866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29774852
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.180168
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