ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2008
Coinfection of Japanese encephalitis with neurocysticercosis: an imaging study.
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- Clinical manifestations associated with neurocysticercosis: a systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2011Pooled it
- A systematic review of the frequency of neurocyticercosis with a focus on people with epilepsy.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2010Pooled it
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- Neurocysticercosis in Children with Seizures: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of pediatrics · 2018Article
- Cysticercosis and Japanese Encephalitis.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Seroprevalence of Cysticercus Antibodies in Japanese Encephalitis Patients in Upper Assam, India: A Hospital Based Study.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Neurocysticercosis (NCC) with Hydrocephalus, Optic Atrophy and Vision Loss: A Rare Presentation.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2015Article
- Immunology of Taenia solium taeniasis and human cysticercosis.Parasite immunology · 2014Review
- Stroke in central nervous system infections.Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology · 2008Review
- A tropical menace of co-infection of Japanese encephalitis and neurocysticercosis in two children.Journal of pediatric neurosciencesArticle
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Abstract
background and purposeCoinfection of neurocysticercosis (NCC) and Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been advocated as more than a chance occurrence resulting in poor outcome. We undertook this study to determine whether the association of the 2 infections is more than a chance occurrence, to define the imaging characteristics of coinfections, and to explore the synergistic effect of NCC in JE. MATERIALS AND
methodsSixty-two patients with JE were studied by MR imaging and CT. CT was done in 53 and MR imaging in 53 patients. The diagnosis of JE was established by CSF JE virus immunoglobulin M capture (MAC) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). NCC was diagnosed from imaging. A control group of 385 patients was evaluated by imaging for prevalence of NCC in the general population.
resultsA significantly high association of NCC with JE (19.3%) was observed in comparison with prevalence of NCC in control subjects (1.04%; P = .0003). JE lesions in coinfection were significantly asymmetric with lateralization to the side of the brain having the maximum NCC or a cyst with edema. The JE lesions in coinfections were more florid, with a significantly higher proportion of abnormal CT scans and more abnormal MR imaging. Coinfections were significantly more common in children. Significantly lower CSF MAC-ELISA units in patients with coinfection reflected low CSF IgM levels, suggesting altered immune status.
conclusionIn our series, there was a strong association between JE and NCC, and, thus, this coinfection was more than a chance occurrence.
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