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ArticleJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society2024

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningoencephalitis in Three Pediatric Patients in Florida, USA.

Melinda D Chance, Anniesha D Noel, Amelia B Thompson, Natalie Marrero, Fernando Bula-Rudas, Christopher M Horvat, Jerril Green, Jennifer E Armstrong, Fatma Levent, Robert A Dudas and 5 more

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Article in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Melinda D ChanceAdventHealth for Children, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Anniesha D NoelAdventHealth for Children, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Amelia B ThompsonAdventHealth for Children, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Natalie MarreroJohns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Fernando Bula-RudasJohns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3377-6879
Christopher M HorvatUPMC Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jerril GreenUPMC Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jennifer E ArmstrongAdventHealth for Children, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Fatma LeventAdventHealth for Children, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Robert A DudasJohns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6837-121X
Serena ShaffrenJohns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Aaron SamideJohns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Katie MartinezSt. Joseph's Children's Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Kimberly StockdaleFlorida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
Rebecca J ChanceyCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4080-3380

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis has been reported in several southern U.S. states and Hawai'i. We present the first locally acquired human cases of A. cantonensis meningoencephalitis in three children in Florida, occurring between June 2021 and January 2022. Clinicians should be attuned to this possible diagnosis in this region.

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Angiostrongylus cantonensisMeningoencephalitisStrongylida InfectionsAnimalsChildEosinophiliaFloridaHumansangiostrongyliasisAngiostrongylus cantonensiseosinophiliaeosinophilic meningitisrat lung worm

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PMID39529387
PMCPMC11717585

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