Fatal Human Meningoencephalitis due to Halicephalobus Nematodes, Germany.

ABSTRACT: Infections with Halicephalobus nematodes, causative agents of severe meningoencephalitis in horses, have rarely been reported in humans. In this study, the clinical, serological, cytokine, and histopathological findings of a rapidly progressive and eventually fatal meningoencephalitis in a previously healthy human are described. The helminth was finally diagnosed by specific polymerase chain reactions from post mortem tissue.

SUBMITTER: Monoranu CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4462890 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature