Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
² Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
³ Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
⁴ Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India.
⁵ Columbia University, New York, New York.
⁶ Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
⁷ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Practice Guideline

A Clinton White Jr et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2018.

. 2018 Apr 3;66(8):1159-1163.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy157.

¹ University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
² Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
³ Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
⁴ Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India.
⁵ Columbia University, New York, New York.
⁶ Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
⁷ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Figures

Pregnancy Screening and Monitoring of Albendazole Therapy for Neurocysticercosis.
Persichino JG, Miller LG. Persichino JG, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 13;67(11):1797-1798. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy436. Clin Infect Dis. 2018. PMID: 29790912 No abstract available.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: Issues That Need to Be Addressed.
Garg RK, Malhotra HS, Pandey S. Garg RK, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 13;67(11):1796-1797. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy434. Clin Infect Dis. 2018. PMID: 29790916 No abstract available.
Reply to Garg et al, Smith et al, and Persichino and Miller.
White AC Jr, Coyle CM, Rajshekhar V, Singh G, Hauser WA, Mohanty A, Garcia HH, Nash TE. White AC Jr, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 13;67(11):1798. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy437. Clin Infect Dis. 2018. PMID: 29790917 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Antiparasitic Dosing Discrepancy in the 2017 Neurocysticercosis Guidelines.
Smith EA, Marks G, Hirai-Yang A, Tran H. Smith EA, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 13;67(11):1797. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy435. Clin Infect Dis. 2018. PMID: 29790919 No abstract available.

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