Sawanyawisuth Kittisak, Sawanyawisuth Kanlayanee
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2010 Oct;10(5):322-8. doi: 10.2174/187152610793180867.
Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an emerging infectious disease. It is the most common form of human angiostrongyliasis. The diagnosis is made by clinical criteria including the presence of cerebrospinal fluid eosinophils and a history of exposure to A. cantonensis larvae, e.g., from raw freshwater snails or contaminated vegetables. Among various treatment options, corticosteroid is the only effective treatment.
由广州管圆线虫引起的嗜酸性粒细胞性脑膜炎是一种新出现的传染病。它是人类管圆线虫病最常见的形式。诊断依据临床标准做出，包括脑脊液中存在嗜酸性粒细胞以及有接触广州管圆线虫幼虫的病史，例如接触过生淡水螺或受污染蔬菜。在各种治疗选择中，皮质类固醇是唯一有效的治疗方法。
