Co-infection of neurocysticercosis with Japanese encephalitis: coincidence or synchronism?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Co-infection of neurocysticercosis with Japanese encephalitis: coincidence or synchronism?

Published:2020-05-31 Issue:3 Volume:50 Page:261-263
ISSN:0049-4755
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Author:

Takia Lalit¹,Angurana Suresh K²^ORCID,Suthar Renu³,Nallasamy Karthi⁴,Ahuja Chirag K⁵

Affiliation:

1. Senior Resident, Pediatric Critical Care Unit, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

2. Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Unit, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

3. Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

4. Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Unit, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

5. Associate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Abstract

We report the case of an eight-year-old boy who presented with an acute encephalitis and was confirmed to have Japanese encephalitis (JE). In addition, we found the vesicular stage of neurocysticercosis (NCC). The co-occurrence of JE and NCC was thought to be synergistic as there is some evidence that in presence of NCC, the neuroinvasiveness and virulence of JE is greater and associated with poor outcome.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0049475520927632

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