Search results for "Angiostrongylus cantonensis"

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Eosinophilic Meningitis due toAngiostrongylus cantonensisin Germany

2009

We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a patient who returned from Thailand. The presence of a compatible epidemiologic history and eosinophilia in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lead to the diagnosis, which was confirmed by detection of specific antibodies. After treatment with albendazole and corticosteroids he recovered completely.

AdultMalePathologymedicine.medical_specialtyEosinophilic MeningitisBlotting WesternAlbendazoleAlbendazoleCerebrospinal fluidAdrenal Cortex HormonesGermanyEosinophiliamedicineAnimalsHumansEosinophiliaHelminthsMeningitisCerebrospinal FluidStrongylida InfectionsAnthelminticsTravelbiologybusiness.industryAngiostrongylus cantonensisGeneral MedicineThailandbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseAngiostrongylus cantonensisSpecific antibodyImmunologymedicine.symptombusinessMeningitismedicine.drugJournal of Travel Medicine
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Finding of Parastrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) in Rattus rattus in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain).

2010

Parastrongylus cantonensis is a parasite of murid rodents that can infect humans and cause health problems as eosinophilic meningitis. Although it is endemic in south Asia, the Pacific islands, Australia, USA, and a few Caribbean islands, it has been extended to new geographical regions. In the Canary Islands (Spain) a survey of helminths of Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus and Mus musculus domesticus was carried out. Furthermore, five species of molluscs were examined for nematode larvae to determine whether they are potential intermediate hosts of P. cantonensis. Nematodes were found in the lungs of 15% of 67 R. rattus examined in Tenerife, one of the four studied islands, with a prevalen…

MaleNematodaVeterinary (miscellaneous)Molecular Sequence DataZoologyHelminth geneticsBiologyDNA RibosomalRodent DiseasesMiceDNA Ribosomal SpacermedicinePrevalenceRNA Ribosomal 18SHelminthsParasite hostingAnimalsCluster AnalysisInternal transcribed spacerMolluscaLungPhylogenyStrongylida InfectionsCaribbean islandBase SequenceAngiostrongylus cantonensisSequence Analysis DNARibosomal RNADNA Helminthmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationRatsInfectious DiseasesMolluscaSpainInsect ScienceAngiostrongyliasisParasitologyFemaleSequence AlignmentActa tropica
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Intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Tenerife, Spain.

2015

The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the causative agent of human angiostrongy- liasis, the main clinical manifestation of which is eosinophilic meningitis. Although this para- site has been found recently in its definitive rat host in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), showing a widespread distribution over the north-east part of the island, there are no avail- able data regarding which snail and/or slug species are acting as intermediate hosts on this island. Consequently, the objective of this work was to determine the possible role of three mollusc species, Plutonia lamarckii , Cornu aspersum and Theba pisana , as intermediate hosts of A . cantonensis in Tenerife. Between 2011 and…

Tenerife (Canàries)GastropodaSnailsTheba pisanaRelacions hoste-paràsitZoologylcsh:Medicine18S ribosomal RNAmedicineGastròpodesAnimalsHumansParasite hostinglcsh:ScienceHost-parasite relationshipsStrongylida InfectionsMultidisciplinaryTenerife (Canary Islands)biologyEcologyParasitologialcsh:RAngiostrongylus cantonensisRibosomal RNAbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseRatsAngiostrongylus cantonensisNematodeGastropodsSpainLarvaAngiostrongyliasisParasitologylcsh:QRNA HelminthCornu aspersumResearch ArticlePLoS ONE
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