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Optic Neuritis Secondary to<i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i>Infection

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation · 2006 · 18 citations · 5 references

Abstract

Optic neuritis may occur in patients with A. cantonensis meningitis. Treatment with a combination of steroid and larvicidal agents may be beneficial to these patients.

References

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The evaluation of the 29 and 31 kDa antigens in female Angiostrongylus cantonensis for serodiagnosis of human angiostrongyliasis.

Supaporn Nuamtanong · PubMed · 1996 · 59 citations

Parasitic Disease, Human Angiostrongyliasis, Antiparasitic Agent +15

Detection of antibodies to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with eosinophilic meningitis

Yen Chuan-Min, Eng-Rin Chen · International Journal for Parasitology · 1991 · 46 citations

Angiostrongylus Cantonensis, Allergy, Cerebrospinal Fluid +5

Recovery of Angiostrongylus cantonensis from cerebrospinal fluid of a child with eosinophilic meningitis

Tim Kuberski, Robert D. Bart, J. M. Briley et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1979 · 36 citations · Full text

Eosinophilic Meningitis, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Viable Angiostrongylus Cantonensis +1

Ocular Angiostrongyliasis Without Meningitis Symptoms in Okinawa, Japan

H Toma, Saiko Matsumura, Caryn Oshiro et al. · Journal of Parasitology · 2002 · 32 citations

Parasitic Disease, Ocular Disease, Vitreous Body +7

ELISA testing in cases of clinical angiostrongyliasis in Thailand.

N Jaroonvesama, Kravee Charoenlarp, P Buranasin et al. · PubMed · 1985 · 19 citations

Parasitic Disease, Clinical Angiostrongyliasis, Medicine +9