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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research Letter

Human Taenia martis Neurocysticercosis, Switzerland

Valentin K. SteinsiepeComments to Author , Marie-Therese Ruf, Marco Rossi, Claudia Fricker-Feer, Danijela Kolenc, Brigitte Suter Buser, Maura Concu, Andreas Neumayr, and Ulf C. Schneider
Author affiliations: Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (V.K. Steinsiepe, M. Rossi, C. Fricker-Feer, D. Kolenc, U.C. Schneider); Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland (M.-T. Ruf, M. Concu, A. Neumayr); University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland (M.-T. Ruf, M. Concu, A. Neumayr)

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Table

Overview of published cases of human Taenia martis infections

Authors (year of publication) Country Patient age, y/sex Chief complaint Location of lesion False-positive serologic assays Treatment
Eberwein et al. (2013) (6)
 Germany
 43/F
 Flashing lights and paracentral scotoma
 Left eye
 No
 Albendazole 400 mg 2×/d, dexamethasone 20 mg/d for 8 d, surgical excision
Brunet et al. (2015) (7)
 France
 44/F
 Right hemiparesis and aphasia
 Left temporal lobe
 T. solium
 Surgical excision, praziquantel 50 mg/kg for 15 d, albendazole 15 mg/kg for 1 mo, corticosteroids 1 mg/kg) (sic)
Koch et al. (2016) (8)
 Germany
 70/F
 Drop in visual acuity
 Left eye
 No
 Surgical excision, albendazole 400 mg 2×/d for 7 d
Rudelius et al. (2017) (9)
 Germany
 36/F
 Ascites
 Pouch of Douglas
 Echinococcus granulosus
 Surgical excision, albendazole 400 mg 2×/d for 4 weeks
Mueller et al. (2020) (10)
 Germany
 24/F
 Lower abdominal pain and dysmenorrhea
 Pouch of Douglas
 E. multilocularis, T. solium, Dirofilaria immitis.
 Surgical excision; antiparasitic treatment refused by patient
Steinsiepe et al. (2023) (this report) Switzerland 55/F Focal epileptic seizures Right parietal lobe T. solium Surgical excision, praziquantel 50 mg/kg/d for 14 d, albendazole 15 mg/kg/d for 28 d, corticosteroids

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