Dorta-Contreras Alberto Juan, Lewczuc Piotr, Noris-García Elena, Interián-Morales María Teresa, Magraner Tarrau María Esther, Padilla-Docal Bárbara, Escobar-Pérez Xiomara
Laboratorio Central Liquido Cefalorraquideo (LABCEL), Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2006 Sep;64(3A):589-91. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2006000400011.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis meningoencephalitis is an emergent disease in the Americas.
Twelve children suffering from eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to this parasite aged between 6-10 years were studied. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum samples were taken simultaneously in the first diagnostic puncture at admission.
All cases showed typical findings on the routine CSF and serum analysis: increased CSF total protein, increased Q (CSF/serum) albumin accompanied by eosinophilia in CSF. No intrathecal synthesis of immunoglobulins was found. Mean serum and CSF sICAM-1 values were 337.4 and 3.97 ng/mL. Qalbumin and QsICAM-1 mean values were 4.1 and 6.2 respectively. In 50% of the patients an increased brain-derived fraction of sICAM-1 was found.
It may be suggested that a dynamic of the sICAM-1 brain derived fraction is perhaps associated to the immune response in the evolution of the disease.sICAM-1 may be an agent in negative feedback for eosinophils passage through the blood-CSF barrier into the inflammatory brain response.
