First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017

Neuroangiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental ingestion of the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in its larval form. Human infection can lead to eosinophilic meningitis, sometimes complicated by life-threatening radiculomyelitis or encephalitis. Although some cases have...

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Autores principales: Dard, Céline, Tessier, Eve, Nguyen, Duc, Epelboin, Loïc, Harrois, Dorothée, Swale, Christopher, Cabié, André, de Meuron, Katia, Miossec, Charline, Desbois-Nogard, Nicole
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7216674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32394891
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020032
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author Dard, Céline
Tessier, Eve
Nguyen, Duc
Epelboin, Loïc
Harrois, Dorothée
Swale, Christopher
Cabié, André
de Meuron, Katia
Miossec, Charline
Desbois-Nogard, Nicole
author_facet Dard, Céline
Tessier, Eve
Nguyen, Duc
Epelboin, Loïc
Harrois, Dorothée
Swale, Christopher
Cabié, André
de Meuron, Katia
Miossec, Charline
Desbois-Nogard, Nicole
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description Neuroangiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental ingestion of the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in its larval form. Human infection can lead to eosinophilic meningitis, sometimes complicated by life-threatening radiculomyelitis or encephalitis. Although some cases have been reported from other Caribbean Islands, no cases have been diagnosed in Martinique so far. Here, we report the first eight laboratory-confirmed cases of neuroangiostrongyliasis on the island of Martinique, French West Indies, between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2017. One case was fatal and five resulted in neurological sequelae. The medical community should consider the risk of A. cantonensis infection in patients living in or returning from Martinique.
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spelling pubmed-72166742020-05-15 First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017 Dard, Céline Tessier, Eve Nguyen, Duc Epelboin, Loïc Harrois, Dorothée Swale, Christopher Cabié, André de Meuron, Katia Miossec, Charline Desbois-Nogard, Nicole Parasite Research Article Neuroangiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental ingestion of the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in its larval form. Human infection can lead to eosinophilic meningitis, sometimes complicated by life-threatening radiculomyelitis or encephalitis. Although some cases have been reported from other Caribbean Islands, no cases have been diagnosed in Martinique so far. Here, we report the first eight laboratory-confirmed cases of neuroangiostrongyliasis on the island of Martinique, French West Indies, between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2017. One case was fatal and five resulted in neurological sequelae. The medical community should consider the risk of A. cantonensis infection in patients living in or returning from Martinique. EDP Sciences 2020-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7216674/ /pubmed/32394891 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020032 Text en © C. Dard et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2020 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dard, Céline
Tessier, Eve
Nguyen, Duc
Epelboin, Loïc
Harrois, Dorothée
Swale, Christopher
Cabié, André
de Meuron, Katia
Miossec, Charline
Desbois-Nogard, Nicole
First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017
title First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017
title_full First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017
title_fullStr First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017
title_full_unstemmed First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017
title_short First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017
title_sort first cases of angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in martinique, 2002–2017
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7216674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32394891
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020032
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