title: Other cestodes: sparganosis, coenurosis and Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis.
abstract: Many cestodes are capable of invading the central nervous system (CNS), and several are highly prevalent in the developing world. Neurocysticercosis due to Taenia solium and echinococcosis due to Echinoccocus granulosus are two of the most common parasitic infections affecting humans, but other less well-known parasites can also infect the nervous system. Coenurosis, caused by Taenia spp. such as T. multiceps, T. serialis, or T. brauni; sparganosis, caused by Spirometra spp., and neurocysticercosis caused by T. crassiceps are three less frequent zoonotic conditions that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with CNS infection - especially if they have lived in or traveled through areas where these infections are endemic. Diagnosis of these infections is typically made through a combination of serological testing, histopathology, and neuroimaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, and Public Health Training Program, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru; School of Public Health and Management, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: willy.lescano@med.navy.mil.
authors.forename: Andres G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lescano
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zunt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Central nervous system; Spirometra spp.; Taenia crassiceps; Taenia multiceps; cestodiasis; coenurosis; cysticercosis; parasites; sparganosis; zoonoses