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What Are Presentations of Neurocysticercosis?
Discussion Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic CNS infection world-wide. It is caused by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. It is endemic in Southeast Asia including the Indian Subcontinent, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It is becoming more common in other areas of the world because of immigration and the overall ease of travel. The basic Taenia lifecycle is that humans eat un- or undercooked pork (pigs are the intermediate host) that is invested with the larvae called cysterici. The adult tapeworm forms in the human gastrointestinal tract and eggs are produced. Humans are the de...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Disseminated Cysticercosis in Indian Scenario & #8211; Experience from a Teaching University Hospital
Conclusions: We hereby report one of the largest case series on disseminated cysticercosis with a high lesion load of NCC in the brain. A comprehensive clinical, imaging, therapeutic response with repeat imaging and long-term follow-up has given us a better understanding of this difficult-to-treat neurological disorder. We suggest cautious use of anti-parasitic therapy under the cover of corticosteroids to prevent irreversible neurological sequelae.
Source: Neurology India - July 1, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Harikrishna V Ganaraja Anita Mahadevan Jitender Saini Atchayaram Nalini Pramod K Pal Parthasarathy Satishchandra Manjunath Netravathi Source Type: research

Fulminant amebic colitis with fatal outcome in a patient with probable SARS-CoV-2 infection
We report the case of a 62-year-old male with cough and abdominal pain for two weeks, associated with pulmonary tomographic findings compatible with probable infection by SARS-CoV-2, and who received high doses of early corticotherapy as an outpatient. The patient showed clinical deterioration, was hospitalized and died in the immediate postoperative period due to acute surgical abdomen. The anatomopathological study showed parasitic structures with characteristics compatible with amebae, which was pointed to as the cause of a complicated acute fulminant colitis, with multiple perforations and acute peritonitis. Acute fulm...
Source: Revista Peruana de Medicina de Experimental y Salud Publica - December 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jos é Somocurcio Tula Ayquipa Vanessa Pineda Source Type: research

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