A Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonesis
| Autor: | Haruo Sakai, Katsuhiko Nakazawa, Yasuo Kato |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Eosinophilic Meningitis Neurological examination General Fatigue Antigen Eosinophilia Eosinophilic medicine Animals Humans Meningitis Angiostrongylus Nematode Infections biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Particle method General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Angiostrongylus cantonensis biology.protein Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. 66:998-1001 |
| ISSN: | 1884-569X 0387-5911 |
| DOI: | 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.66.998 |
| Popis: | We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. This patient, a 50-year-old male, had been eating uncooked slugs for 40 years. His chief complaints on admission were headache, fever and general fatigue. Neurological examination and CT findings were normal, but the CSF contained increased cells, most of which were eosinophilic cells. The presence of eosinophilic cells in the CSF is by itself abnormal. We therefore suspected eosinophilic meningitis and performed immunological tests. Since the gelatin particle method and immunological antigen antibody reaction were positive. We diagnosed the patient as having eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. There are only 27 reported cases of this disease in Japan, and most of them have been reported in Okinawa-Prefecture. |
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