在Enterobius vermicularis (松虫) 感染的背景下横向髓炎:病例报告
Amy C Buck1, Sapna Khemka1, Kailey A Remien1
1Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio.
Pediatric neurology
|November 19, 2023
概括
经常被忽视的针虫感染可能会导致儿童的脊髓炎 (脊髓炎),当排除其他原因时. 这一案例突出了寄生虫感染作为异常性脑膜炎的潜在原因.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
背景情况:
- 脊髓炎是一种罕见的脊髓炎症,有许多异常病例.
- 已知的脑膜炎的原因无法解释发生的很大一部分情况.
- 虫感染,特别是虫,是未被认可的原因.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查虫感染和儿科骨髓炎之间的潜在联系.
- 为了突出异常性脑膜炎病例中的寄生性副传染性病因.
主要方法:
- 一个儿科患者患有脑膜炎的病例报告.
- 进行全面的诊断工作,包括MRI和CSF分析.
- 不包括MS和脑膜炎等常见的脑膜炎病因.
- 鉴定针虫感染的情况.
主要成果:
- 患者呈现出典型的骨髓炎症状和成像发现.
- 标准心膜炎检查对已知原因呈阴性.
- 检测到pinworm感染,这表明一种寄生虫病因.
- 这是首个与虫感染相关的儿科髓炎病例.
结论:
- 在未知病因的儿科髓炎病例中,应考虑针虫感染.
- 寄生类对传染机制可能会导致脑膜炎.
- 这一案例扩大了儿科髓炎的差异诊断.
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