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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. · Feb 2007
Case ReportsEosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis after ingestion of raw frogs.
- Chung-Hsu Lai, Chuan-Min Yen, Chuen Chin, Hsing-Chun Chung, Hung-Chang Kuo, and Hsi-Hsun Lin.
- Department of Infectious Diseases, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China. laich6363@yahoo.com.tw
- Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2007 Feb 1; 76 (2): 399-402.
AbstractAngiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in humans after ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked intermediate hosts or food contaminated with infective third-stage larvae. Frogs are known to be a paratenic host of A. cantonensis, but have never been reported as the infectious source of human angiostrongyliasis in Taiwan. We report the first case of eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis after ingestion of raw frogs (Rana plancyi).
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