Autochthonous Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, France, 2016

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jun;23(6):1045-1046. doi: 10.3201/eid2306.161999.

Abstract

We report a case of a 54-year-old Moroccan woman living in France diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and confirmed by testing of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples. Physicians should consider the risk for A. cantonensis infection outside of endemic areas.

Keywords: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; France; eosinophilia; helminths; meningitis/encephalitis; parasites.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Angiostrongylus cantonensis / pathogenicity*
  • Angiostrongylus cantonensis / physiology
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Antigens, Helminth / blood*
  • Eosinophilia / blood
  • Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
  • Eosinophilia / drug therapy
  • Eosinophilia / parasitology
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Meningitis / blood
  • Meningitis / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis / drug therapy
  • Meningitis / parasitology
  • Middle Aged
  • Morocco
  • Strongylida Infections / blood
  • Strongylida Infections / diagnosis*
  • Strongylida Infections / drug therapy
  • Strongylida Infections / parasitology

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Antigens, Helminth
  • Albendazole