Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield

Antoine Defo (1) , Noémie Lachaume (1) , Emma Cuadro-Alvarez (1) , Chimène Maniassom (1) , Elise Martin (2, 3) , Falucar Njuieyon (1) , Fanny Henaff (1) , Yajaira Mrsic (1) , Annabelle Brunelin (1) , Loïc Epelboin (4, 5) , Denis Blanchet (5) , Dorothée Harrois (6) , Nicole Desbois-Nogard (7) , Yvonne Qvarnstrom (8) , Magalie Pierre Demar (9) , Céline Dard (10) , Narcisse Elenga (11)

1 Service de Pédiatrie [Cayenne, Guyanne Française]
2 GHDSO - Groupe d'histoire et diffusion des sciences d'Orsay
3 EST - Études sur les Sciences et les Techniques
4 UMIT - Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
5 UG - Université de Guyane
6 Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale [CH Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe]
7 Laboratoire de Microbiologie
8 Department of parasitic diseases
9 Medicine Department
10 Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie
11 EA 3593 Université des Antilles et de la Guyane

We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis complicated by transverse myelitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil who had traveled to Suriname. We confirmed diagnosis by serology and real-time PCR in the cerebrospinal fluid. The medical community should be aware of angiostrongyliasis in the Guiana Shield.

Mots clés: eosinophilic meningitis; meningitis/encephalitis; transverse myelitis; parasites; nematodes; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Guiana Shield

Domaines: Maladies infectieuses; Maladies émergentes

Antoine Defo, Noémie Lachaume, Emma Cuadro-Alvarez, Chimène Maniassom, Elise Martin, et al.. Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, 24 (6), pp.1153-1155. ⟨10.3201/eid2406.180168⟩. ⟨hal-01844487⟩