Neural larva migrans caused by the raccoon roundwormBaylisascaris procyonis
作者:
PATRICK GAVIN,
KEVIN KAZACOS,
TINA TAN,
WILLIAM BRINKMAN,
SHARON BYRD,
A. DAVIS,
MARILYN METS,
STANFORD SHULMAN,
期刊:
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 21,
issue 10
页码: 971-975
ISSN:0891-3668
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: Baylisascaris;neural larva migrans;raccoon.
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Baylisascaris procyonis,the common raccoon roundworm, is a rare cause of devastating or fatal neural larva migrans in infants and young children. We describe the clinical features of two children from suburban Chicago who developed severe, nonfatalB. procyonisneural larva migrans. Despite treatment with albendazole and high dose corticosteroids, both patients are neurologically devastated. In many regions of North America, large populations of raccoons with high rates of endemicB. procyonisinfection live in proximity to humans, which suggests that the risk of human infection is probably substantial. In the absence of effective treatment, prevention of infection remains the most important public health strategy.
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