Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis after ingestion of raw frogs.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in humans after ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked intermediate hosts or food contaminated with infective third-stage larvae. Frogs are known to be a paratenic host of A. cantonensis, but have never been reported as the infectious source of human angiostrongyliasis in Taiwan. We report the first case of eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis after ingestion of raw frogs (Rana plancyi).
Lai
Chung-Hsu
CH
Department of Infectious Diseases, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China. laich6363@yahoo.com.tw
Yen
Chuan-Min
CM
Chin
Chuen
C
Chung
Hsing-Chun
HC
Kuo
Hung-Chang
HC
Lin
Hsi-Hsun
HH
D000368:Aged; D017185:Angiostrongylus cantonensis / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D011898:Ranidae / Q000469:parasitology; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D013624:Taiwan
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth