Volume 22, Number 8—August 2016
Dispatch
Baylisascaris procyonis–Associated Meningoencephalitis in a Previously Healthy Adult, California, USA
Table 2
Cases of cerebrospinal fluid infection with Baylisascaris spp. roundworms in adults and adolescents, United States and Canada, 1986–2015
Year | Patient age, y | Location | Risk factor(s) | Treatment | Outcome | Reference |
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1986 | 21 | Oregon, USA | Developmental delay and geophagia | Not recorded | Persistent residual deficits | (7) |
2000 | 17 | California, USA | Developmental delay and geophagia | Albendazole and antiinflammatory drugs | Died | (8) |
2007 | 17 | Oregon, USA | Altered mentation from drug abuse | None | Aphasia and memory deficits | (9) |
2009 | 54 | Missouri, USA | Intellectual disability; eating food scraps from public garbage cans | None | Died | (10) |
2012 | 73 | British Columbia, Canada | Dementia | None | Identified at time of autopsy | (11) |
2015 | 63 | California, USA | Home or occupational exposure | Albendazole (20 mg/kg/d) + dexamethasone (1 mg/kg/d) | Partial recovery after 6 weeks | This report |
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