First Case of Human Cerebral Taenia martis Cysticercosis

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Aug;53(8):2756-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01033-15. Epub 2015 May 27.

Abstract

Taenia martis is a tapeworm affecting mustelids, with rodents serving as intermediate hosts. The larval stage (cysticercus) has been found before only rarely in humans or primates. We hereby describe a case of cerebral T. martis cysticercosis in a French immunocompetent patient, confirmed by DNA analyses of biopsy material.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Biopsy
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Helminth / chemistry
  • DNA, Helminth / genetics
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neurocysticercosis / diagnosis*
  • Neurocysticercosis / pathology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology
  • Taenia / classification*
  • Taenia / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • DNA, Helminth