title: Neurocysticercosis in a 2-year-old boy infected at home.
abstract: A 2-year-old boy presented with seizures and two parenchymal brain ring-enhancing lesions. Diagnosis of neurocysticercosis was confirmed by positive serology and response to albendazole therapy. The patients's mother was a Taenia solium carrier, who had most likely infected the  child through the fecal-oral route. Household contacts should always be investigated in children with neurocysticercosis. Proper identification and treatment of Taenia solium carriers will reduce the risk of further spread of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Hospital-Clinica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador. oscardelbrutto@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Oscar H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Del Brutto
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000635:transmission; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D012698:Serologic Tests; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole