meningoencephalitis

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meningoencephalitis

[mə¦niŋ·gō·in‚sef·ə′līd·əs]

(medicine)

Inflammation of the brain and its meninges.

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cantonenesis, which causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, a disease that has already been registered in human populations in Brazil (Colley, 2008; Lima-Caldeira et al.

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Over the past 30 years, the raccoon-associated roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis has emerged as an uncommon but noteworthy human pathogen associated with devastating eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in 25 patients (1-4).

Baylisascaris procyonis-associated meningoencephalitis in a previously healthy adult, California, USA

Hemorrhagic necrotizing eosinophilic meningoencephalitis associated with large numbers of intact larvae has been described in patients with fatal cases (1,4), and all but 1 patient who survived (9) were left with severe neurologic deficits (1,4-6).

Baylisascaris procyonis infection in elderly person, British Columbia, Canada

Because of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, thorough analyses were conducted for immunologic and infectious etiologies.