A case of imported neurocysticercosis in Portugal

Valadas, Emília; Badura, Robert; Marques, Tiago; Neno, Miguel; Boura, M; Sutre, Ana Filipa; Beato, Sílvia; Grácio, Maria Amélia Afonso; Neves, José Cordeiro

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“…Other helminthic parasites, whose eggs or larvae can sometimes be localized within the CNS, may elicit an eosinophilic pleocytosis. These include cerebral and spinal cord schistosomiasis, as Schistosomal myelopathy occurred relatively frequently in Malawi (Naus et al, 2003), toxocariasis canis or visceral larva migrans (Robinson et al, 2002), trichinellosis (Nikolić et al, 1988), echinococcosis caused a meningeal hydatid cyst (Bottieau et al, 2003), neurocysticercosis (Valadas et al, 2015), fascioliasis (Arjona et al, 1995), cerebral paragonimiasis (Xia et al, 2015) and Pypen et al (2015) reported a rare case of Strongyloides stercoralis meningitis in an immunocompromised patient treated for a lung carcinoma.…”

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Egyptian Eosinophilic and Infectious Meningoencephalitis and Their Impact on Psychological Aspects

EL-BAHNASAWY¹,

Feky²,

Morsy³

2016

JESP

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Meningoencephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord & their covering protective membranes. Meningitis can be life-threatening because of the inflammation's proximity to the brain and spinal cord; therefore, the condition is classified as a medical emergency. The commonest symptoms of meningitis are headache and neck stiffness associated with fever, confusion or altered consciousness, vomiting, and an inability to tolerate light (photophobia) or loud noises (phonophobia). Children often exhibit only nonspecific symptoms, such as irritability and drowsiness. If a rash is present, it may indicate a particular cause of meningitis; for instance, meningitis caused by meningococcal bacteria may be accompanied by a characteristic rash. A broad variety of allergic, infectious, neoplastic, and idiopathic diseases are associated with increased blood and/or tissue eosinophilia and range in severity from self-limited conditions to life-threatening disorders. Although accepted upper limits of normal blood eosinophil numbers vary somewhat, a value above 600 eosinophils /microL of blood is abnormal in the vast majority of cases. Generally speaking, there are several possible causes of eosinophils in the CSF; undoubtedly parasitic infection is one of the main causes.

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Egyptian Eosinophilic and Infectious Meningoencephalitis and Their Impact on Psychological Aspects

EL-BAHNASAWY¹,

Feky²,

Morsy³

2016

JESP

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Taenia solium cysticercosis in West Africa: status update

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Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of the cestode Taenia solium. Few data are available on the prevalence of this disease in pigs and humans in West African countries. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of existing data concerning the spread of this parasitosis in the countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the basis of the literature published over the last five decades. Systematic searches for publications were carried out on PubMed and Google Scholar, as well as in certain regional and local journals. From a total of 501 articles initially retrieved concerning T. solium cysticercosis in West African countries, only 120 articles were relevant for this review and therefore finally retained. For pigs, only eight out of sixteen countries of the region have reported porcine cysticercosis. Post-mortem examination of carcasses at slaughterhouses, meat inspection at butcheries or tongue inspection in herds have been the main source of data, but may not entirely reflect actual parasite distribution. For humans, only five out of sixteen countries reported epidemiological data on neurocysticercosis. Most data referred to neurocysticercosis prevalence among epileptic patients or isolated clinical cases. Furthermore, existing data are often old. Overall, T. solium cysticercosis remains largely neglected in West Africa, and its prevalence appears not to be affected by any religion in particular. There is an urgent need to promote and implement health partnerships and programs on this disease in order to collect more data and identify sensitive populations in the countries of the ECOWAS area.

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A case of imported neurocysticercosis in Portugal

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Egyptian Eosinophilic and Infectious Meningoencephalitis and Their Impact on Psychological Aspects

Egyptian Eosinophilic and Infectious Meningoencephalitis and Their Impact on Psychological Aspects

Taenia solium cysticercosis in West Africa: status update

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