Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and visceral larva migrans caused by the raccoon ascarid Baylisascaris procyonis

N Engl J Med. 1985 Jun 20;312(25):1619-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198506203122507.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ascaridoidea
  • Brain / parasitology
  • Eosinophilia / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Larva
  • Larva Migrans, Visceral / complications
  • Larva Migrans, Visceral / parasitology*
  • Larva Migrans, Visceral / transmission
  • Male
  • Meningoencephalitis / etiology*
  • Nematode Infections / complications
  • Nematode Infections / parasitology*
  • Nematode Infections / transmission
  • Raccoons / parasitology*