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Case Reports
. 2017 Jun;23(6):1045-1046.
doi: 10.3201/eid2306.161999.

Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016

Yann Nguyen, Benjamin Rossi, Nicolas Argy, Catherine Baker, Beatrice Nickel, Hanspeter Marti, Virginie Zarrouk, Sandrine Houzé, Bruno Fantin, Agnès Lefort
Case Reports

Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016

Yann Nguyen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

We report a case of a 54-year-old Moroccan woman living in France diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and confirmed by testing of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples. Physicians should consider the risk for A. cantonensis infection outside of endemic areas.

Keywords: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; France; eosinophilia; helminths; meningitis/encephalitis; parasites.

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