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J F Lindo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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severe eosinophilic meningitis owing to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in young jamaican children case report and literature review
Paediatrics and International Child Health, 2014Co-Authors: Tracy Evansgilbert, J F Lindo, Sonia Henry, Paul D Brown, C D C ChristieAbstract:Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an endemic and emerging disease that affects adults and children in Jamaica. Most cases resolve without sequelae, but young children are at high risk of neurological damage and death. Treatment with corticosteroids and albendazole is considered safe for adults and children, but protocols for its use in children have not been established. A 19-month-old infant with permanent neurological sequlae caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis meningitis is reported, and five other Jamaican cases are summarized. A review of the literature of children with permanent neurological sequlae and death is presented. Children <5 years (especially <2) were at increased risk of incomplete recovery and death if they presented with bulbar signs, flaccid paresis and coma. None of the severe or fatal cases received early intervention with anthelminthics, and disease progression was not altered with corticosteroids. In view of the pathophysiology, necropsy reports and...
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human Angiostrongylus cantonensis jamaica
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005Co-Authors: Cecelia A Waugh, Shira C Shafir, Matthew E Wise, R D Robinson, Mark L Eberhard, J F LindoAbstract:To the Editor: Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis worldwide (1). The parasite's presence has been well documented in Jamaica in rats (definitive host) and a variety of mollusks (intermediate hosts); infections occur in humans sporadically on the island. However, the mode of transmission of infections to humans in Jamaica, where raw or undercooked mollusks are not usually eaten, is not well understood (2).
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fatal autochthonous eosinophilic meningitis in a jamaican child caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004Co-Authors: J F Lindo, C T Escoffery, B Reid, G Codrington, C Cunninghammyrie, Mark L EberhardAbstract:A fatal case of infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis is reported in a 14-month-old Jamaican boy. Although infection with Angiostrongylus was not considered initially, sections of multiple worms were observed in the brain and lungs at autopsy and confirmed the infection. This is the first reported fatality due to this infection in the Western Hemisphere, and follows shortly after an outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis among a group of travelers to Jamaica. The source of infection in this case could not be determined.
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enzootic Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats and snails after an outbreak of human eosinophilic meningitis jamaica
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002Co-Authors: J F Lindo, Mark L Eberhard, Henry S Bishop, Cecilia Waugh, John Hall, Colette Cunninghammyrie, Deanna Ashley, James J Sullivan, David G Robinson, Timothy H HoltzAbstract:After an outbreak in 2000 of eosinophilic meningitis in tourists to Jamaica, we looked for Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats and snails on the island. Overall, 22% (24/109) of rats harbored adult worms, and 8% (4/48) of snails harbored A. cantonensis larvae. This report is the first of enzootic A. cantonensis infection in Jamaica, providing evidence that this parasite is likely to cause human cases of eosinophilic meningitis.
Hsingchun Chung - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis after ingestion of raw frogs
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007Co-Authors: Chuen Chin, Hsingchun ChungAbstract:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in humans after ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked intermediate hosts or food contaminated with infective third-stage larvae. Frogs are known to be a paratenic host of A. cantonensis, but have never been reported as the infectious source of human angiostrongyliasis in Taiwan. We report the first case of eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis after ingestion of raw frogs (Rana plancyi).
Kevin R Kazacos - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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central nervous system manifestations of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection
Acta Tropica, 2015Co-Authors: Yuri C Martins, Herbert B Tanowitz, Kevin R KazacosAbstract:Over 20 species of Angiostrongylus have been described from around the world, but only Angiostrongylus cantonensis has been confirmed to cause central nervous system disease in humans. A neurotropic parasite that matures in the pulmonary arteries of rats, A. cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in southern Asia and the Pacific and Caribbean islands. The parasite can also cause encephalitis/encephalomyelitis and rarely ocular angiostrongyliasis. The present paper reviews the life cycle, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and prognosis of A. cantonesis infection. Emphasis is given on the spectrum of central nervous system manifestations and disease pathogenesis.
Angela Mcbride - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an important cause of eosinophilic meningitis in southern vietnam
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017Co-Authors: Angela Mcbride, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, Tran Tan Thanh, Le Thi Xuan, Tran P M Sieu, Le Hong Thai, Ly Van Chuong, Dinh Xuan SinhAbstract:: We utilized polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to demonstrate that Angiostrongylus cantonensis was responsible for 67.3% of 55 cases of eosinophilic meningitis from a cohort of 1,690 adult patients with CNS infection at a tertiary hospital in southern Vietnam. Longer duration of illness, depressed consciousness, and peripheral blood eosinophilia were associated with PCR positivity.
Nicholas D Hysmith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis eosinophilic meningitis in an infant tennessee usa
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017Co-Authors: Tim Flerlage, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, John P Devincenzo, Arshia Madni, Bindiya Bagga, Nicholas D HysmithAbstract:: Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is the most common infectious cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis worldwide. This parasite is endemic to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, and its global distribution is increasing. We report A. cantonensis meningoencephalitis in a 12-month-old boy in Tennessee, USA, who had not traveled outside of southwestern Tennessee or northwestern Mississippi.