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SUBMITTER: Monoranu CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4462890 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Monoranu Camelia-Maria CM Müllges Wolfgang W Keppler Marc M Brehm Klaus K Ondrejka Sarah L SL Muntau Birgit B Tannich Egbert E Müller-Hermelink Hans Konrad HK Tappe Dennis D
Open forum infectious diseases 20150401 2
Infections with Halicephalobus nematodes, causative agents of severe meningoencephalitis in horses, have rarely been reported in humans. In this study, the clinical, serological, cytokine, and histopathological findings of a rapidly progressive and eventually fatal meningoencephalitis in a previously healthy human are described. The helminth was finally diagnosed by specific polymerase chain reactions from post mortem tissue. ...[more]