Seroconversion of neurocysticercosis occurring after anti-helminthic treatment

J Travel Med. 2012 Dec;19(6):383-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00658.x. Epub 2012 Sep 24.

Abstract

We report two cases of symptomatic neurocysticercosis in two migrants whose negative serology delayed appropriate treatment for 9 and 6 months, respectively. Seroconversion occurred after treatment, which was associated with paradoxical reaction in one patient. Long-term outcome was good in both patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Albendazole / administration & dosage*
  • Animals
  • Antibody Formation / drug effects*
  • Anticestodal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antigens, Helminth / immunology*
  • Blotting, Western / methods
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Neurocysticercosis* / diagnosis
  • Neurocysticercosis* / drug therapy
  • Neurocysticercosis* / immunology
  • Neurocysticercosis* / physiopathology
  • Taenia* / drug effects
  • Taenia* / immunology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticestodal Agents
  • Antigens, Helminth
  • Albendazole