Encephalitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis after Eating Raw Frogs Mixed with Wine as a Health Supplement

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  • Tsai Hung-Chin
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • Lai Ping-Hong
    National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C. Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • Sy Cheng-Len
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
  • Lee Susan Shin-Jung
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • Yen Chuan-Min
    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • Wann Shue-Ren
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • Chen Yao-Shen
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis also known as the rat lungworm, is prevalent in the Pacific Islands and southeast Asia and is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. Although frogs and toads are known as paratenic hosts of A. cantonensis, they are rarely reported as the infectious source of human angiostrongyliasis. We report a case of encephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis after eating raw frogs mixed with wine as a health supplement. Prednisolone at a dose of 1 mg/kg/day was prescribed for 14 days successfully. We advise that travelers and residents of endemic areas should avoid eating raw frogs and a public caution on the danger of eating raw wild animal products or the whole animal is recommended to alleviate such accidental infection.<br>

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  • Internal Medicine

    Internal Medicine 50 (7), 771-774, 2011

    一般社団法人 日本内科学会

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