Angiostrongylus meningoencephalitis: survival from minimally conscious state to rehabilitation.

نویسندگان

  • Nicholas F Blair
  • Carolyn F Orr
  • Anthony P Delaney
  • Geoffrey K Herkes
چکیده

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 6 May 2013 198 8 440-442 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2013 www.mja.com.au Notable Cases form activity. CSF bacterial cult testing and polymerase chain r simplex virus and enterovirus we cal testing was negative. The pat to deteriorate, with a declinin progressive quadriparesis and r tating endotracheal intubation a on Day 12 after admission. The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis has spread down the eastern coast of Australia over recent decades. A healthy 21-year-old man developed life-threatening eosinophilic meningoencephalitis following ingestion of a slug in Sydney. We describe the first case of this severity in which the patient survived.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Medical journal of Australia

دوره 198 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013