TY - JOUR AU - Ntoukas, Vasileios AU - Tappe, Dennis AU - Pfütze, Daniel AU - Simon, Michaela AU - Holzmann, Thomas T1 - Cerebellar Cysticercosis Caused by Larval Taenia crassiceps Tapeworm in Immunocompetent Woman, Germany T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 12 SP - 2008 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Human cysticercosis caused by Taenia crassiceps tapeworm larvae involves the muscles and subcutis mostly in immunocompromised patients and the eye in immunocompetent persons. We report a successfully treated cerebellar infection in an immunocompetent woman. We developed serologic tests, and the parasite was identified by histologic examination and 12s rDNA PCR and sequencing. KW - Taenia crassiceps KW - cysticercosis KW - molecular identification KW - PCR KW - zoonosis KW - cerebellar infection KW - central nervous system KW - immunocompetent KW - tapeworm KW - parasites KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1912.130284 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/12/13-0284_article ER - End of Reference