ReviewHawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health2013
Differential diagnosis of CNS angiostrongyliasis: a short review.
Review in Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Diagnostic importance of eosinophilic meningitis in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients.Journal of neurovirology · 2019Article
- Brain Worms with Cerebrospinal Fluid Eosinophilia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection on Mayotte Island, Indian Ocean, 2007-2012.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Unusual Larva in the CSF and Unique MRI Findings in a Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2014Article
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Abstract
The diagnostic criterion for eosinophilic meningitis (EOM) is the identification of an absolute count of 10 eosinophils per ml or more than 10% of the total white blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the proper clinical context. The most common cause of EOM is Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection, termed meningitic angiostrongyliasis (MA). Neurognathostomiasis (NG) is the main parasitic disease in the differential diagnosis of meningitic angiostrongyliasis. This short review is based on articles published on Medline between 2000 and 2012 related to EOM. There are three main approaches that can be used to differentiate between MA and NG, involving clinical factors, history of larval exposure, and serological tests. MA patients presented with acute severe headache but without neurological deficit, combined with a history of eating uncooked snails or slugs. NG patients always presented with motor weakness, migratory swelling, radicular pain and had history of eating uncooked poultry or fish. Specific antigenic bands in immunoblot tests are helpful tools to differentiate the two diseases. Other causes of eosinophilic meningitis are neurocysticercosis, cerebral paragonimiasis, Toxoplasma canis, Baylisascaris, tuberculous meningitis, and cryptococcal meningitis.
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