Wang J, Qi YH, Diao LZ, Zheng XY, Li XL, Ma SX, Ji AP, Yin HC
An Outbreak of Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis in Beijing. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
J Parasitol 2009 Oct 29.:1.
An outbreak of 81 cases of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis occurred in Beijing during June-September 2006. Epidemiological characteristics, clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, imaging, and treatment data from the 81 AC patients were collected and analyzed. All cases had a history of eating raw, freshwater snails, and acquired Angiostrongylus cantonensis as a result. The incubation period ranged from 1 to 36 days. The main symptoms were fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, and skin paresthesia. A significant increase in eosinophilia occurred in the peripheral blood of 62 cases and in cerebrospinal fluid of 64 cases; 36 patients presented a linearly enhanced abnormal signal of the leptomeninges site during a cranial MRI examination, indicative of meningitis; 18 cases had a significant nodule shadow and spot flaky ground-glass shadow on chest CT. All patients eliminated their illness with a 7 day treatment of albendazole.
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