1409. Next-Generation Sequencing-based Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (AC) Using Microbial Cell-free DNA Sequencing of Plasma in Atypical Cases of Rat Lungworm Meningitis Presenting with Ascending Paralysis

BACKGROUND: AC or Rat Lungworm meningitis usually presents as a self-limited illness with headache and sensory changes, rarely progressing to coma, death, or permanent brain damage. It is usually diagnosed by eosinophils in the CSF. Once limited to Asia and the tropical Pacific AC transmission via s...

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Autores principales: Melish, Marian, Casamina, Chanel, Merrifield, Rachael, Abe, Keisuke, Ahmed, Asim A, Hong, David K, Blair, Lily, Ching, Natascha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809328/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1273

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