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Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections (2)

Articles on Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections

  1. Protozoa traversal of the blood-brain barrier to invade the central nervous system.
    Hany M Elsheikha and Naveed Ahmed Khan

    FEMS Microbiol Rev 34(4):532-53 (2010) PMID 20337721

    We summarize the current understanding of protozoa penetration across the blood-brain barrier, focusing on Plasmodium, Babesia, Trypanosoma, Toxoplasma, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia. Advances in understanding the molecular pathways will offer opportunities for the rational development of novel therap...
  2. [Clinical analysis of 78 cases of parasitic encephalopathy].
    Shu-Mei SM Wang, Fei-Fei FF Yang, ... Xin-Hua XH Weng

    Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Ch... 27(3):245-8 (2009) PMID 19852369

    There were 52 male and 26 female patients with a mean age of (34.5+/-11.4) years. Among these patients, 32.1% (25/78) had a history of eating raw, neurocysticercosis accounted for 78.2% (61/78), cerebral sparganosis 15.4% (12/78), cerebral paragonimiasis 3.8% (3/78), and cerebral toxoplasmosis 2.6%...
  3. Molecular confirmation of Sappinia pedata as a causative agent of amoebic encephalitis.
    Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Alexandre J da Silva, ... Govinda S Visvesvara

    J Infect Dis 199(8):1139-42 (2009) PMID 19302010

    Pathogenic free-living amoebae, such as Acanthamoeba species, Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri, are known to cause infections of the central nervous system in human and other animals. In 2001, a case of human encephalitis was reported that was caused by another amoeba with morphologica...
  4. [Descriptive epidemiology of extrapulmonary hydatid cysts: a report of 265 Tunisian cases].
    Salma S Bellil, Faten F Limaiem, ... Moncef M Zitouna

    Tunis Med 87(2):123-6 (2009) PMID 19522445

    There were 101 male and 164 female patients (sex ratio M/F = 0.61) ranging in age from 2 to 84 years (mean age = 38.7). In our series, hydatid cysts involved mainly the kidney (24.1%), the central nervous system (22.6%), the liver (19.6%) and the spleen (11.3%). The other less frequent sites include...
  5. Multiple infected cerebral hydatid cysts
    R Gana, M Skhissi, ... F Bellakhdar

    J Clin Neurosci 15(5):3 (2008) PMID 18342511

    We report an unusual patient with multiple infected cerebral hydatid cysts. A 20-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of headache and progressive left-sided hempiparesis. A cerebral CT scan showed a large and heterogeneous parieto-occipital lesion. During surgery an infected hydatid cyst wa...
  6. Echinococcosis presenting as an otogenic brain abscess: An unusual lesion of the middle ear cleft and temporal lobe
    Erasmo Gonzalo D V EG Llanes, Alexander A Stibal, ... Marco M Caversaccio

    Auris Nasus Larynx 35(1):6 (2008) PMID 17826931

    This paper presents a case of a 28-year-old male with a seizure episode and a 4-year history of intermittent tinnitus on the left ear. On computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, a density with rim enhancement was found at the temporal lobe, associated with mastoid tegmen destruction and...
  7. Primary central nervous system vasculitis in a child mimicking parasitosis.
    C C Kamm, T T Nägele, ... L L Schöls

    J Neurol 255(1):130-2 (2008) PMID 18204924

  8. Neurohydatidosis.
    J M E Kovoor, R D Thomas, ... S K Shankar

    Australas Radiol 51(5):406-11 (2007) PMID 17803790

    Early and non-invasive evaluation of hydatid infestation of brain and spine is of paramount importance, especially in endemic areas. We present a spectrum of imaging findings in neurohydatidosis with a brief review of literature.
  9. Toxocariasis of the CNS simulating acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
    C C Marx, J J Lin, ... A A AA Gabbai

    Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professiona... 69(8):806-7 (2007) PMID 17709716

  10. Visceral larva migrans presenting as multiple intracranial and intraspinal abscesses.
    Alefia A Moiyadi, Anita A Mahadevan, ... Susarla Krishna SK Shankar

    Neuropathology 27(4):371-4 (2007) PMID 17899691

    We describe a 38-year-old man who presented with multiple intracranial and intramedullary abscesses caused by visceral larva migrans. Neurohelminthiasis as a cause of multiple abscesses, though rare, should be entertained as a differential diagnosis particularly in tropical South-east Asian countrie...