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Determining Soil-transmitted Helminth Infection Status and Physical Fitness of School-aged Children
Published on: August 22, 2012
[Three lethal cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infected children]
1Department of Parasitology, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510089.
Objective:
To offer approaches to diagnosis and treatment of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection on the basis of analyzing three lethal cases of the disease.
Methods:
Clinical manifestations, pathological changes and species identification were pursued.
Results:
Angiostrongyliasis is usually neglected in medical departments. The three cases here reported were all misdiagnosed and had not receiced anthelmintic treatment hence fatality ensued.
Conclusion:
Early examination of CSF, bronchial lavage fluid and feces is urged so as to secure accurate diagnosis and conduct efficacious anthelmintic therapy to cure the patients.
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