Pai, Shivanand and Madi, Deepak and *, Basavaprabhu Achappa and * , Soundarya Mahalingam and Kendambadi, Rakshith (2013) An Interesting Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 7 (4). pp. 734-735. ISSN 0973-709X
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Abstract
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is one of the causative agents of eosinophilic meningitis. Humans get infected when they ingest raw or partially cooked snails or monitor lizards (Varanus bengalensis). There is a popular belief that the tongue and the liver of the monitor lizard has aphrodisiac properties. A 20-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a history of fever, headache and vomiting. His cerebrospinal fluid revealed eosinophilia. He gave a history of the ingestion of a monitor lizard, ten days prior to the onset of the symptoms. So, a diagnosis of eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis was made. He was treated with oral albendazole and prednisolone. His symptoms improved gradually within two weeks from his admission.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Eosinophilic meningitis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Monitor lizard |
Subjects: | Medicine > KMC Mangalore > Paediatrics Medicine > KMC Mangalore > Medicine |
Depositing User: | KMCMLR User |
Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2013 09:44 |
Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2013 09:44 |
URI: | http://eprints.manipal.edu/id/eprint/79276 |
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