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Cerebral toxocariasis: a possible cause of epileptic seizure in children.

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BACKGROUND Toxocariasis is a worldwide human helminthiasis, which is mostly asymptomatic and caused by toxocara canis, a roundworm in dogs. These can cause visceral larva migrans syndrome in humans who ingest contaminated soil. CNS manifestation with a focal mass lesion is very rare, seizures often

Human toxocariasis in a rural community.

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A questionnaire and serologic survey of a Pennsylvania community revealed that 23 (54%) of 43 study participants had antibody titers to Toxocara canis (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test [ELISA]) in the range defined as positive (greater than or equal to 1:32). Age-specific seropositivity rates

Human toxocariasis: a report of nine cases.

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Logáil Isteach / Cláraigh

OBJECTIVE Human toxocariasis is caused by infection with the larval stage of nematode parasites of dogs and cats, Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati. These helminths are not able to complete their life cycle in undefinitive hosts and so undergo aberrant migrations in the tissues causing a wide spectrum

Severe Toxocariasis in Children-Diagnostic Difficulties.

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We present the case of an 18-month-old girl, from rural area, admitted to our clinic for fever and cough. The anamnestic data and the clinical and radiological examinations initially suggested the diagnosis of acute interstitial pneumonia. During hospitalization, she repeatedly presented

Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in schoolchildren in Trinidad.

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The seroprevalence of toxocariasis was investigated in 1997/98 in 1009 schoolchildren (aged 5-12 years) throughout Trinidad. Infection, as measured by titre, was found to be high compared to values obtained from children in other countries. Using an excretory-secretory antigen and performing an

Ocular toxocariasis in schoolchildren.

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Logáil Isteach / Cláraigh

Ocular toxocariasis in humans is typically a unilateral disease caused by second-stage larvae of the Toxocara species. Serological evidence of widespread infection in humans provides little information on clinical disease. There is only a single previous estimate of the prevalence of ocular

Toxocara infection and epilepsy in children: a case-control study.

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Logáil Isteach / Cláraigh

A case-control study of 305 children was done to evaluate the relationship between toxocariasis and seizures and risk factors associated with toxocariasis transmission and seizure onset. A significant association existed between seropositivity for anti-Toxocara canis and seizures (p less than 0.05);

Epilepsy, cysticercosis, and toxocariasis: a population-based case-control study in rural Bolivia.

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Logáil Isteach / Cláraigh

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between epilepsy and infection with Taenia solium and Toxocara canis with a case-control study, in the rural area of the Cordillera Province, Bolivia. METHODS A preliminary two-phase door-to-door prevalence survey determined the prevalence of epilepsy and

Epilepsy and toxocariasis: a case-control study in Burundi.

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Logáil Isteach / Cláraigh

OBJECTIVE A case-control study to assess the relationship between epilepsy and toxocariasis was carried out in the Kiremba population, Burundi. METHODS People with epilepsy (PWE) were diagnosed according to the definition proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). Seizures were

Epilepsy and toxocariasis: a case-control study in Italy.

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Logáil Isteach / Cláraigh

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between epilepsy and toxocariasis in adult subjects by means of a case-control study in Catania, Italy. METHODS People with epilepsy (PWE) were randomly selected from the database of the center of epilepsy of our department. Epilepsy was diagnosed according to

Recurrent cerebral larva migrans: A case report and review of literature.

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Logáil Isteach / Cláraigh

Cerebral larva migrans (CLM) is an uncommon and rarely diagnosed entity. We report here a histopathologically proven case of CLM in a 13 year-old girl, who presented with bilateral focal seizures, right hemiparesis, and lapsed into altered sensorium prior to admission. Her CT scan was suggestive of

[Tropical causes of epilepsy].

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Logáil Isteach / Cláraigh

BACKGROUND Eighty-five percent of all epileptics live in tropical regions. Prenatal risk factors, traumatic brain injuries and different parasitic infestations of the central nervous system (CNS) are the reasons behind the high prevalence of epilepsy. This work reviews the main parasitic

Neglected parasitic infections: what every family physician needs to know.

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Neglected parasitic infections, including Chagas disease, toxocariasis, cysticercosis, and toxoplasmosis, affect millions of persons in the United States. Relatively few resources have been devoted to surveillance, prevention, and treatment of these diseases. Chagas disease primarily affects Latin

Neurocysticercosis in Child Bearing Women: An Overlooked Condition in Mozambique and a Potentially Missed Diagnosis in Women Presenting with Eclampsia.

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Several studies suggest that neurocysticercosis might be one of the main reasons for onset of seizures in adolescents and young adults in Mozambique, however, no studies have evaluated the burden and impact of the disease in women of childbearing age. This is also true for other parasitic diseases

Visceral larva migrans presenting as multiple intracranial and intraspinal abscesses.

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Involvement of nervous system by toxocariasis is rare and can produce a spectrum of pathology that includes eosinophillic meningoencephalitis, meningomyelitis, space occupying lesions, vasculitis causing seizures or behavioral abnormalities posing diagnostic dilemmas. We describe a 38-year-old man

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