Recovery of Angiostrongylus cantonensis from cerebrospinal fluid of a child with eosinophilic meningitis
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 9 (5), 629-631
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.9.5.629-631.1979
Abstract
Viable A. cantonensis was recovered from the CSF of a 17 mo. old boy with eosinophilic meningitis. Neurological findings were minimal and the child had an uneventful recovery.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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