Cattaneo Chiara, Hoarau Marion, Valois Sophie, Chamouine Abdourahim, Dembele Yacouba, Collet Luis, Sarton Raphaëlle
Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier de Mayotte, Mamoudzou, France.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 22;8(3):ofab031. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab031. eCollection 2021 Mar.
is endemic in Mayotte, and cases of meningitis due to angiostrongyliasis are regularly diagnosed in young children. In a 14-month-old boy with slow-onset psychomotor regression, brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed communicating hydrocephalus. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for on cerebrospinal fluid was positive. The evolution was favorable with repeated lumbar punctures and a 2-week treatment with albendazole and high-dose corticosteroids.
在马约特岛呈地方性流行,并且在幼儿中经常诊断出由管圆线虫病引起的脑膜炎病例。一名14个月大患有缓慢进展性精神运动发育迟缓的男孩,脑部磁共振成像显示交通性脑积水。脑脊液的 逆转录聚合酶链反应呈阳性。经过反复腰椎穿刺以及用阿苯达唑和高剂量皮质类固醇进行为期2周的治疗后,病情好转。