First Case of Human Cerebral Taenia martis Cysticercosis.

ABSTRACT: Taenia martis is a tapeworm affecting mustelids, with rodents serving as intermediate hosts. The larval stage (cysticercus) has been found before only rarely in humans or primates. We hereby describe a case of cerebral T. martis cysticercosis in a French immunocompetent patient, confirmed by DNA analyses of biopsy material.

SUBMITTER: Brunet J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4508436 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature