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Angiostrongylus meningoencephalitis: survival from minimally conscious state to rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Blair Nicholas F,
Orr Carolyn F,
Delaney Anthony P,
Herkes Geoffrey K
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja12.11085
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , meningoencephalitis , medicine , minimally conscious state , psychology , neuroscience , consciousness , pathology , physical therapy
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 6 May 2013 198 8 440-442 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2013 www.mja.com.au Notable Cases form activity. CSF bacterial cult testing and polymerase chain r simplex virus and enterovirus we cal testing was negative. The pat to deteriorate, with a declinin progressive quadriparesis and r tating endotracheal intubation a on Day 12 after admission. The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis has spread down the eastern coast of Australia over recent decades. A healthy 21-year-old man developed life-threatening eosinophilic meningoencephalitis following ingestion of a slug in Sydney. We describe the first case of this severity in which the patient survived.