Cerebellar Cysticercosis Caused by Larval Taenia crassiceps Tapeworm in Immunocompetent Woman, Germany
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- Human cysticercosis caused by Taenia crassiceps tapeworm larvae involves the muscles and subcutis mostly in immunocompromised patients and the eye in immunocompetent persons. We report a successfully treated cerebellar infection in an immunocompetent woman. We developed serologic tests, and the parasite was identified by histologic examination and 12s rDNA PCR and sequencing.
| Author: | Vasileios Ntoukas, Dennis Tappe, Daniel Pfütze, Michaela Simon, Thomas Holzmann |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-131686 |
| Document Type: | Journal article |
| Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät |
| Language: | English |
| Parent Title (English): | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Year of Completion: | 2013 |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Pagenumber: | 2008-2011 |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 19, No. 12, 2008-2011. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.130284 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.130284 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 616 Krankheiten |
| Tag: | AIDS; acquired immunodeficiency-syndrome; foxes vulpes-vulpes; helminths; infection; invasive cysticerocsis; patient |
| Release Date: | 2016/05/23 |
| Note: | Public Domain |