Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Antoine L DefoNarcisse Elenga

Abstract

We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis complicated by transverse myelitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil who had traveled to Suriname. We confirmed diagnosis by serology and real-time PCR in the cerebrospinal fluid. The medical community should be aware of angiostrongyliasis in the Guiana Shield.

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Citations

Sep 19, 2019·Biomédica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud·Luis Solórzano-AlavaTalia Valverde
May 13, 2020·Parasite : Journal De La Société Française De Parasitologie·Céline DardNicole Desbois-Nogard
Jul 1, 2020·European Journal of Neurology : the Official Journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies·H ChaumontA Lannuzel
Oct 18, 2020·The Anatomical Record : Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology·Huihui XiongFukang Xie

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