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. 2017 Jun 15;64(12):1784-1787.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cix118.

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Is an Important Cause of Eosinophilic Meningitis in Southern Vietnam

Angela McBride  1   2 , Tran Thi Hong Chau  1 , Nguyen Thi Thu Hong  1 , Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai  1 , Nguyen To Anh  1 , Tran Tan Thanh  1 , Tran Thi Hue Van  3 , Le Thi Xuan  3 , Tran Phu Manh Sieu  4 , Le Hong Thai  5 , Ly Van Chuong  5 , Dinh Xuan Sinh  5 , Nguyen Duy Phong  5 , Nguyen Hoan Phu  5 , Jeremy Day  1   6 , Ho Dang Trung Nghia  7 , Tran Tinh Hien  1   6 , Nguyen Van Vinh Chau  5 , Guy Thwaites  1   6 , Le Van Tan  1
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Is an Important Cause of Eosinophilic Meningitis in Southern Vietnam

Angela McBride et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Vietnam.; eosinophilic meningitis.

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