Molecular diagnosis of eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) by polymerase chain reaction-DNA sequencing of cerebrospinal fluids of patients.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 108(1): 116-8, 2013 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from clinically diagnosed patients with detectable Angiostrongylus cantonensis-specific antibodies (n = 10), patients with clinically suspected cases that tested negative for A. cantonensis-antibodies (n = 5) and patients with cerebral gnathostomiasis (n = 2) and neurocysticercosis (n = 2) were examined by a single-step polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method using the AC primers for the 66-kDa native protein gene. The PCR method detected A. cantonensis DNA in CSF samples from four of 10 serologically confirmed angiostrongyliasis cases. The PCR results were negative for the remaining CSF samples. The nucleotide sequences of three positive CSF-PCR samples shared 98.8-99.2% similarity with the reference sequence of A. cantonensis. These results indicate the potential application of this PCR assay with clinical CSF samples for additional support in the confirmation of eosinophilic meningitis due to A. cantonensis.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Strongylida
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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Eosinofilia
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Meningitis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Año:
2013
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Article
País de afiliación:
Tailandia