Eosinophilic meningitis in a previously healthy 13-year-old child

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Feb;32(2):194, 198. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31827c9726.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Angiostrongylus cantonensis / genetics
  • Angiostrongylus cantonensis / isolation & purification*
  • Animals
  • DNA, Helminth / cerebrospinal fluid
  • DNA, Helminth / genetics
  • Eosinophilia / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
  • Eosinophilia / parasitology
  • Eosinophilia / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Meningitis / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis / parasitology
  • Meningitis / physiopathology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Strongylida Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Strongylida Infections / diagnosis*
  • Strongylida Infections / parasitology
  • Strongylida Infections / physiopathology

Substances

  • DNA, Helminth