Two patients with imported acute neuroschistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni

J Travel Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;17(4):274-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00401.x.

Abstract

We report the case of two brothers who returned from Madagascar presenting all the acute phase symptoms of a primary invasive Schistosoma mansoni infection, together with brain involvement characterized by acute encephalitis. This rarely described issue should be considered in travelers returning from endemic areas with acute neurological symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Helminth / blood
  • Encephalitis / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis / parasitology*
  • France
  • Humans
  • Madagascar
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neuroschistosomiasis / diagnosis*
  • Neuroschistosomiasis / drug therapy
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use
  • Schistosoma mansoni / isolation & purification*
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / diagnosis*
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / drug therapy
  • Travel*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Antibodies, Helminth
  • Praziquantel