Hospital-Clinica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Pathog Glob Health. 2012 May;106(2):122-3. doi: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000009.
A 2-year-old boy presented with seizures and two parenchymal brain ring-enhancing lesions. Diagnosis of neurocysticercosis was confirmed by positive serology and response to albendazole therapy. The patients's mother was a Taenia solium carrier, who had most likely infected the child through the fecal-oral route. Household contacts should always be investigated in children with neurocysticercosis. Proper identification and treatment of Taenia solium carriers will reduce the risk of further spread of the disease.
一名 2 岁男孩因癫痫发作和两个脑实质环状增强病变就诊。通过阳性血清学和对阿苯达唑治疗的反应，确诊为神经囊尾蚴病。患者的母亲是带绦虫感染者，很可能通过粪-口途径感染了孩子。在患有神经囊尾蚴病的儿童中，应始终调查其家庭接触者。正确识别和治疗带绦虫感染者将降低疾病进一步传播的风险。
