An Interesting Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is one of the causative agents of eosinophilic meningitis. Humans get infected when they ingest raw or partially cooked snails or monitor lizards (Varanus bengalensis). There is a popular belief that the tongue and the liver of the monitor lizard has aphrodisiac proper...

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Main Authors: Shivanand Pai, Deepak Madi, Basavaprabhu Achappa, Soundarya Mahalingam, Rakshith Kendambadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2013-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/2897/34-%204743_E(C)_PF1(M)_F(H)_PF1(H).pdf