Angiostrongylus cantonensis Is an Important Cause of Eosinophilic Meningitis in Southern Vietnam.

Autor: McBride A; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit.; University College London Hospitals, United Kingdom., Chau TTH; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit., Hong NTT; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit., Mai NTH; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit., Anh NT; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit., Thanh TT; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit., Van TTH; University of Medicine and Pharmacy., Xuan LT; University of Medicine and Pharmacy., Sieu TPM; Nguyen Trai Hospital, and., Thai LH; Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Chuong LV; Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Sinh DX; Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Phong ND; Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Phu NH; Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Day J; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit.; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom., Nghia HDT; Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Hien TT; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit.; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom., Chau NVV; Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Thwaites G; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit.; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom., Tan LV; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2017 Jun 15; Vol. 64 (12), pp. 1784-1787.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix118
Abstrakt: We utilized polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to demonstrate that Angiostrongylus cantonensis was responsible for 67.3% of 55 cases of eosinophilic meningitis from a cohort of 1,690 adult patients with CNS infection at a tertiary hospital in southern Vietnam. Longer duration of illness, depressed consciousness, and peripheral blood eosinophilia were associated with PCR positivity.
(© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.)
Databáze: MEDLINE