Infektološki glasnik, Vol. 36 No. 2, 2016.
Stručni rad
Eosinophilic meningitis in children treated at the University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević"
Nina Krajcar
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; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivica Knezović
; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Eosinophilic meningitis is a rare form of meningitis that occurs due to infection with parasites, bacteria, fungi and viruses, but also due to other non-infectious causes. The clinical presentation of disease depends on its etiology, which is particularly applicable to cases of meningitis caused by parasites, which are the most common. In this paper we present three male and three female children aged two months to seven years who have been treated for eosinophilic meningitis at the University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević". Anamnestic data as well as serological and microbiological analysis confirmed diagnosis of noninfectious meningitis. In one patient the cause of disease was not found, while in the remaining five patients, eosinophilia in the fluid appeared as a foreign body reaction. Although such cases are rare in everyday clinical practice, they are presented here in order to stress the need for a broader differential diagnosis, especially in cases of unknown etiology. Besides typical non-infectious and infectious agents this approach must take into consideration other microorganisms that are not commonly assocciated with this type of meningitis.
Ključne riječi
Eosinophilic meningitis; children; Angyostrongylus cantonensis; Gnathostoma spinigerum; Baylisascaris procyoni
Hrčak ID:
182358
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Datum izdavanja:
31.3.2016.
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