title: Chronic Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis by Prototheca Wickerhamii in an Immunocompetent Boy.
abstract: Human protothecosis is mainly a cutaneous infection caused by the Prototheca species. Prototheca wickerhamii is an established pathogen of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in dogs, but no eosinophilic pleocytosis of the cerebrospinal fluid has been reported in human cases of meningitis. Herein, we report a case of chronic protothecosis manifesting eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent boy.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Laboratory Medicine, †Department of Pediatrics, and ‡Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Yong-Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Jeonghyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Duckhee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Heungsup
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Mi-Na
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seok Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mi-Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yum
authors.forename: Tae-Sung
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ko
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004802:Eosinophilia; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus; D007239:Infections; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis; D011525:Prototheca