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* Nematode found in raccoon feces, known as the raccoon roundworm |
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* Eggs can be ingested |
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== Background == |
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* Clinical presentation is eosinophilic meningitis |
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=== Microbiology === |
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=== Life Cycle === |
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=== Epidemiology === |
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* Eggs can be ingested from soil contaminated by raccoon feces |
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* The worm can infect a number of vertebrate animals |
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== Clinical Presentation == |
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* Can cause neural larva migrans, ocular larva migrans, diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis, visceral larva migrans, as well as asymptomatic infections |
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== Further Reading == |
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* Update on Baylisascariasis, a Highly Pathogenic Zoonotic Infection. ''Clin Microbiol Rev''/ 2-16;29(2):375-399. doi: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CMR.00044-15 10.1128/CMR.00044-15] |
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Revision as of 18:17, 27 November 2019
- Nematode found in raccoon feces, known as the raccoon roundworm
Background
Microbiology
Life Cycle
Epidemiology
- Eggs can be ingested from soil contaminated by raccoon feces
- The worm can infect a number of vertebrate animals
Clinical Presentation
- Can cause neural larva migrans, ocular larva migrans, diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis, visceral larva migrans, as well as asymptomatic infections
Further Reading
- Update on Baylisascariasis, a Highly Pathogenic Zoonotic Infection. Clin Microbiol Rev/ 2-16;29(2):375-399. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00044-15
