Eosinophilic Meningitis: Report of Three Cases from a Hilly Area in Kerala

Normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) does not contain eosinophils. The presence of >10 eosinophils/μL in CSF or at least 10% eosinophils in total CSF leukocyte count confirms eosinophilic meningitis. We present three patients with eosinophilic meningitis from the same locality with peripheral eosinop...

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Autores principales: Varghese, Bindu, Menon, Murali Krishna, Pratap, Thara, Moheen, A., Mathew, Jomy, Vijayan, T. P., Tomy, M. P., Abdul Jalal, Muhammed Jasim
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6327688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30692771
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_254_18
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author Varghese, Bindu
Menon, Murali Krishna
Pratap, Thara
Moheen, A.
Mathew, Jomy
Vijayan, T. P.
Tomy, M. P.
Abdul Jalal, Muhammed Jasim
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Vijayan, T. P.
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description Normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) does not contain eosinophils. The presence of >10 eosinophils/μL in CSF or at least 10% eosinophils in total CSF leukocyte count confirms eosinophilic meningitis. We present three patients with eosinophilic meningitis from the same locality with peripheral eosinophilia.
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spelling pubmed-63276882019-01-28 Eosinophilic Meningitis: Report of Three Cases from a Hilly Area in Kerala Varghese, Bindu Menon, Murali Krishna Pratap, Thara Moheen, A. Mathew, Jomy Vijayan, T. P. Tomy, M. P. Abdul Jalal, Muhammed Jasim Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report Normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) does not contain eosinophils. The presence of >10 eosinophils/μL in CSF or at least 10% eosinophils in total CSF leukocyte count confirms eosinophilic meningitis. We present three patients with eosinophilic meningitis from the same locality with peripheral eosinophilia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6327688/ /pubmed/30692771 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_254_18 Text en Copyright: © 2006 - 2018 Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Varghese, Bindu
Menon, Murali Krishna
Pratap, Thara
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Mathew, Jomy
Vijayan, T. P.
Tomy, M. P.
Abdul Jalal, Muhammed Jasim
Eosinophilic Meningitis: Report of Three Cases from a Hilly Area in Kerala
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title_full Eosinophilic Meningitis: Report of Three Cases from a Hilly Area in Kerala
title_fullStr Eosinophilic Meningitis: Report of Three Cases from a Hilly Area in Kerala
title_full_unstemmed Eosinophilic Meningitis: Report of Three Cases from a Hilly Area in Kerala
title_short Eosinophilic Meningitis: Report of Three Cases from a Hilly Area in Kerala
title_sort eosinophilic meningitis: report of three cases from a hilly area in kerala
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6327688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30692771
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_254_18
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