The Brief Case: Central Nervous System Sparganosis in a 53-Year-Old Thai Man

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Feb;55(2):352-355. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01328-16.
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Keywords: Thailand; central nervous system infections; confocal microscopy; helminths; sparganosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / administration & dosage
  • Asian People
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology
  • Central Nervous System Helminthiasis / diagnosis*
  • Central Nervous System Helminthiasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Central Nervous System Helminthiasis / pathology*
  • Central Nervous System Helminthiasis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods
  • Praziquantel / administration & dosage
  • Sparganosis / diagnosis*
  • Sparganosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Sparganosis / pathology*
  • Sparganosis / therapy
  • Sparganum / isolation & purification*
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging
  • Spine / pathology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Praziquantel