Meningo-encephalomyelitis due to the saprophagous nematode, Micronema deletrix.
A five-year-old boy succumbed 24 days following an unusual farm accident in which considerable manure was deposited in multiple lacerations. Death was due to an extensive meningo-encephalomyelitis caused by a nematode that is ordinarily saprophagous.
D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology