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Eosinophilic myelitis, a souvenir from South East Asia

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E Schmutzhard
Professor of Critical Care Medical University Hospital Innsbruck, Department of Neurology, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; erich.schmutzhard@uibk.ac.at

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Third stage larva of Gnathostoma spinigerum (courtesy of Professor Athasit Vejjajiva, Bangkok, Thailand).

The term eosinophilic meningitis and myelitis theoretically encompasses all the conditions causing meningitis and/or myelitis associated with eosinophilia in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (table 1). But when imported from South East Asia it refers more specifically to the neurological complications of infestation with the nematode worms Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Gnathostoma spinigerum. Humans are accidental hosts of these tissue nematodes, they become infected by ingesting undercooked fish or poultry, or raw snails. The third stage larvae of these parasites migrate through various tissues of the host, including the eye and the central nervous system (CNS), Gnathostoma spinigerum larvae showing a particular neurotropism.²

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