Severe cysticercal meningitis: clinical and imaging characteristics.

Graciela Cárdenas , Helgi Jung , Camilo Ríos , Agnès Fleury (1, 2) , José Luís Soto-Hernández

1 NETEC - Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale et Comparée
2 Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia

In disease-endemic areas, severe cysticercal meningitis (SCM) is characterized by intense inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and negative bacterial and fungal cultures. There have been no systematic studies of SCM. We characterized patients with SCM and compare them with neurocysticercosis (NC) patients with mild CSF abnormalities by conducting a nine-year retrospective review at a neurological referral center. Two groups of patients were compared: group A, those with severe CSF pleocytosis > 1,000 cells/mm(3) (n = 12), and group B, those with CSF pleocytosis

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Graciela Cárdenas, Helgi Jung, Camilo Ríos, Agnès Fleury, José Luís Soto-Hernández. Severe cysticercal meningitis: clinical and imaging characteristics.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010, 82 (1), pp.121-5. ⟨10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0347⟩. ⟨hal-00606191⟩