Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016
We report a case of a 54-year-old Moroccan woman living in France diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and confirmed by testing of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples. Physicians should consider the risk for A. canto...
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| author | Yann Nguyen Benjamin Rossi Nicolas Argy Catherine Baker Beatrice Nickel Hanspeter Marti Virginie Zarrouk Sandrine Houzé Bruno Fantin Agnès Lefort |
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| description | We report a case of a 54-year-old Moroccan woman living in France diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and confirmed by testing of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples. Physicians should consider the risk for A. cantonensis infection outside of endemic areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85d81f7991ef40d788c330525427fcd92022-12-22T02:31:32ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592017-06-012361045104610.3201/eid2306.161999Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016Yann NguyenBenjamin RossiNicolas ArgyCatherine BakerBeatrice NickelHanspeter MartiVirginie ZarroukSandrine HouzéBruno FantinAgnès LefortWe report a case of a 54-year-old Moroccan woman living in France diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and confirmed by testing of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples. Physicians should consider the risk for A. cantonensis infection outside of endemic areas.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/6/16-1999_articleeosinophiliameningitisAngiostrongylus cantonensishelminthsparasitesFrance |
| spellingShingle | Yann Nguyen Benjamin Rossi Nicolas Argy Catherine Baker Beatrice Nickel Hanspeter Marti Virginie Zarrouk Sandrine Houzé Bruno Fantin Agnès Lefort Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016 Emerging Infectious Diseases eosinophilia meningitis Angiostrongylus cantonensis helminths parasites France |
| title | Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016 |
| title_full | Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016 |
| title_fullStr | Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016 |
| title_short | Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016 |
| title_sort | autochthonous case of eosinophilic meningitis caused by angiostrongylus cantonensis france 2016 |
| topic | eosinophilia meningitis Angiostrongylus cantonensis helminths parasites France |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/6/16-1999_article |
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