We describe a case in Australia of human neural larva migrans caused by the ascarid Ophidascaris robertsi, for which Australian carpet pythons are definitive hosts. We made the diagnosis after a live nematode was removed from the brain of a 64-year-old woman who was immunosuppressed for a hypereosinophilic syndrome diagnosed 12 months earlier.
Keywords: Australia; Ophidascaris; Ophidascaris robertsi; brain lesion; eosinophilia; helminth; human; nematode; parasites; python; zoonoses.