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

作者：McBride Angela^*; Tran Thi Hong Chau; Nguyen Thi Thu Hong; Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai; Nguyen To Anh; Tran Tan Thanh; Tran Thi Hue Van; Le Thi Xuan; Tran Phu Manh Sieu; Le Hong Thai; Ly Van Chuong; Dinh Xuan Sinh; Nguyen Duy Phong; Nguyen Hoan Phu; Day Jeremy; Ho Dang Trung Nghia; Tran Tinh Hien; Nguyen Van Vinh Chau; Guy Thwaites; Le Van Tan

来源：Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017, 64(12): 1784-1787.

DOI：10.1093/cid/cix118

• Angiostrongylus cantonensis
• eosinophilic meningitis
• Vietnam

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.

• 出版日期2017-6-15