A blind passenger: a rare case of documented seroconversion in an Angiostrongylus cantonensis induced eosinophilic meningitis in a traveler visiting friends and relatives

BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic meningitis (EOM) is a rare condition that is caused by various communicable and non-communicable factors. The rat-lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which is associated with consumption of raw or undercooked paratenic or intermediate hosts, is the most common cause of par...

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Autores principales: Brummaier, Tobias, Bertschy, Sonja, Arn, Kornelius, Treumann, Thomas, Ruf, Marie-Therese, Nickel, Beatrice, Paris, Daniel H., Neumayr, Andreas, Blum, Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31016026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-019-0084-x

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