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Neurologic complications in three girls, aged four, fourteen and fifteen years, with infectious mononucleosis are reported. All three patients had meningoencephalitis, in two of them cerebellar involvement predominated, while the third patient had cerebral involvement with paresis of cerebral nerves. The diagnosis of an Epstein-Barr virus infection was established serologiccally and in the first patient also by the detection of the Epstein-Barr virus.
Infection 1976
PMID:Central nervous system involvement in infectious mononucleosis with studies for Epstein-Barr virus. 18 53

Eleven immature adult Angiostrongylus cantonensis were recovered from beneath the meninges of a captive Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) which died after displaying posterior paresis followed by paralysis and intermittent opisthotonic spasms of increasing frequency for 7 days. Congestion and focal malacia with haemorrhage were seen in the brainstem and cerebellum. Sections of worms with scanty inflammatory response were seen beneath the congested haemorrhagic leptomeninges of cerebrum and in a cerebellar folium. Infection was thought to have originated from feed or water contaminated with larvae released from a molluscan intermediate host.
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PMID:Angiostrongylus cantonesis infection of the brain of a captive Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus). 65 84

Fifty patients were hospitalised at Vientiane during May and June 1975. Infection was caused by consumption of pork meat (som-mou, lap mou and lap leuat). After an incubation period of 8 to 11 days intermittent diarrhoea followed by constant fever and orbital oedema occurred. Several days later diffuse myalgias occurred. Three patients presented neurological symptoms: left hemiplegia flexible paraplegia and limb paresis; these symptoms regressed spontaneously. 87% of the clinically suspected cases had specific serum antibodies (IFI, ID, IE). Hyperleucocytosis and hypereosinophilia were a constant factor. Anti-AH antibodies were detected by the Widal test. The histopathology characteristic of myositis was seen in the 12 muscle biopsies. Also observed was the precystic state of the larvae which is in agreement with the early timing of the samples which were obtained during the 3rd and 4rd week of infection.
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PMID:[Human trichinosis. A recent epidemic in Vientiane (Laos) (apropos of 32 cases)]. 103 24

From 1969 to 1972 1,080 patients admitted with a diagnosis of viral meningoencephalitis were treated at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Prague-Bulovka. In 633 of these patients tick-borne encephalitis could be detected serologically. The epidemiological conditions and the clinical course of the disease are described. Paresis of the extremities and the cranial nerves occurred in 12.8% of the patients; the outcome was fatal in 0.8%. Treatment in hospital usually lasted 3 to 4 weeks and patients were unfit for work for a further 6 to 10 weeks after dismissal.
Infection 1975
PMID:[Central european tick-borne encephalitis from 1969 to 1972 in central bohemia (author's transl)]. 120 27

Infection with the tick-borne Borrelia burgdorferi can lead to a variety of neurologic symptoms, the most frequent being a radicular pain syndrome due to meningitis. General symptoms such as asthenia or headache are also frequent, however, and serious neurologic complications such as dementia or spastic paresis may occur. At an early stage, Borrelia infections can be easily treated with antibiotics, which makes it important to recognize the symptoms and make the correct diagnosis. A common feature of borreliosis is facial palsy, and in the article is described the case of a 14 year-old boy with borreliosis and bilateral facial palsy. The frequency of facial palsy from borreliosis is probably high. The authors discuss the indications for performing lumber puncture in patients with apparent idiopathic facial palsy (Bell's palsy).
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PMID:[Peripheral facial paresis as a symptom of Borrelia burgdorferi infection]. 155 45

We report two cases of Lyme borreliosis (LB) with erythema migrans (EM) and simultaneous meningopolyneuritis with radicular pain and lymphocytic pleocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). EM and pain disappeared completely under high-dose penicillin G therapy within few a days. Pathological findings in CSF improved. Nevertheless, during and after therapy, neurological signs of LB developed: cranial nerve palsies as well as paresis of extremity muscles with radicular distribution.
Infection
PMID:High-dose intravenous penicillin G does not prevent further progression in early neurological manifestation of Lyme borreliosis. 276 63

A 22 weeks pregnant women was affected by a life-threatening pneumonia and a paresis of the proximal muscles with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis. Her past medical history had been unremarkable except for recurrent episodes of paraumbilical herpes zoster. The clinical findings suggested a dissemination of varicella-zoster virus without skin lesions. Acyclovir was added to the therapy, and the clinical picture began to improve. Varicella-zoster virus DNA was detected in placental tissue by DNA-hybridisation analysis.
Infection
PMID:Severe pneumonia in pregnancy three months after resolution of cutaneous zoster. 792 22

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAp), the main protein constituent of the intermediate filaments of astrocytes, was analysed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 20 patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis as a marker of the astroglial reaction. The mean GFAp level before antibiotic treatment in the study group was significantly elevated (592 pg/ml +/- 596 [SD]) compared to that in 24 healthy controls (121 +/- 87 [SD]) (p < 0.01). The highest CSF-GFAp levels were seen in the patients with the most severe disease, but the levels were also increased in patients with peripheral paresis, such as facial palsy with no or only minor encephalitic symptoms. This implies that the infection was not limited to radix dorsalis or the meningeal tissues, but affected the central nervous system as well. Furthermore, the astroglial reaction seemed to occur early in Lyme neuroborreliosis since CSF-GFAp levels were elevated also in patients with recent (< 3 weeks) onset of disease. After antibiotic treatment, the GFAp levels decreased. It is suggested the CSF-GFAp concentrations might be useful for monitoring CNS involvement in Lyme neuroborreliosis.
Infection
PMID:Increased cerebrospinal fluid levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAp) in Lyme neuroborreliosis. 874 Jan 4

The neurologic symptoms of borreliosis can be classified to give distinct clinical pictures. The exact clinical characterisation allows an unambiguous and applicable classification of the different neurologic manifestations to be made. Due to high background seroprevalence of anti-Borrelia antibodies this classification is crucial for diagnosis. The most frequent neurologic manifestation is meningopolyradiculitis. It shows a typical pattern of symptoms, yet for differential diagnosis the crucial symptoms are the severe pains and the paresis of cranial nerves. In up to 10% of these patients no specific intrathecal antibody production was identified due to the time factor. Intrathecal antibody production cannot therefore be considered as the exclusive criterium for neuroborreliosis.
Infection
PMID:Neurologic manifestation and classification of borreliosis. 900 96

Clinical findings in seven goats affected with cerebrospinal nematodiasis are described. The animals originated from different parts of Switzerland. The disease occurred mainly in winter. The animals were admitted to the clinic because of progressive pelvic limb ataxia, recumbency, vestibular disease and circling. Clinical findings were complete or incomplete posterior paresis, pelvic limb ataxia, circling, reduced cutaneous sensation and proprioceptive deficits as well as cranial nerve reflexes deficits. The general condition was slightly reduced and the appetite was normal. In three goats predominance of mononuclear and eosinophilic cells in the cerebrospinal fluid was interpreted as typical findings for parasite infestation in the central nervous system. Histopathological changes and the finding of a nematode in cross sections in two affected animals confirmed the diagnosis. Infection with Elaphostrongylus cervi is discussed due to close contact with deer.
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PMID:[Cerebrospinal nematodiasis in seven goats]. 941 35


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