Strongyloidiasis and Culture-Negative Suppurative Meningitis, Japan, 1993–2015
Emerging infectious diseases2018Vol. 24(12), pp. 2378–2380
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Abstract
Community-acquired Enterobacteriaceae infection and culture-negative meningitis are rare and atypical subtypes of meningitis in adults. Of 37 patients who had atypical suppurative meningitis during 1993-2015 in Okinawa, Japan, 54.5% had strongyloidiasis, of which 9.1% cases were hyperinfections and 3.0% dissemination. Strongyloidiasis should be considered an underlying cause of atypical suppurative meningitis.
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