Primeiro caso de meningite eosinofílica causada por Angiostrongylus cantonensis no Estado do Amapá

Abstract

A meningite esosinofílica caracteriza-se pela presença de um número aumentado de eosinófilos no líquido Cefalo-Raquidiano (LCR) e tem como causa mais comum a infestação pelo Angiostrongylus cantonensis. O quadro clínico em muito se assemelha com os outros casos de meningite, sendo, no entanto, essa doença de difícil Identificação, devido à baixa incidência e por existirem poucos exames específicos. No ano de 2018, foi identificado o primeiro caso dessa doença no estado do Amapá, e o presente trabalho relata este evento.

The Zoonotic Angiostrongylus cantonensis and the Veterinary Parasite Aelurostrongylus abstrusus Infecting Terrestrial Gastropods from Urban Areas of Macapá, Brazilian Amazon Region

“…Pathogens 2024, 13, 255 2 of 14 While EM is naturally endemic to Southeast Asia and some Pacific islands, it is currently found in many regions around the world, such as the Americas, including Brazil [8][9][10][11][12][13]. Up to now, approximately 40 cases of EM have been recorded in Brazil, with the most recent case coming from the northern state of Amapá (AP) in 2020, in which the giant African land snail, Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822, was identified as the transmission agent [12,14,15].…”

Immunoanalysis of different antigenic preparations of Angiostrongylus cantonensis for neuroangiostrongyliasis diagnosis improvement

“…The tests applied are ELISA or Dot-ELISA for screening, and Western blot as a confirmatory test. 8 , 24 In addition, qPCR 7 and CSF larvae direct microscopic observation are adopted in suspected cases, as well as environmental investigation once a case is confirmed.…”