Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium. NCC mainly occurs in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia and can cause a variety of clinical signs/symptoms. Although it is a rare disease in Europe, it should nonetheless be considered as a differential diagnosis. The aim of this study was to describe clinical characteristics and management of patients with NCC diagnosed and treated in Europe.

Clinical characteristics and management of neurocysticercosis patients: a retrospective assessment of case reports from Europe / Stelzle, Dominik; Abraham, Annette; Kaminski, Miriam; Schmidt, Veronika; De Meijere, Robert; Bustos, Javier; Garcia, Hector Hugo; Sahu, Priyadarshi Soumyaranjan; Bobić, Branko; Cretu, Carmen; Chiodini, Peter; Dermauw, Veronique; Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Dorny, Pierre; Fonseca, Ana; Gabriël, Sarah; Morales, Maria Ángeles Gómez; Laranjo-González, Minerva; Hoerauf, Achim; Hunter, Ewan; Jambou, Ronan; Jurhar-Pavlova, Maja; Reiter-Owona, Ingrid; Sotiraki, Smaragda; Trevisan, Chiara; Vilhena, Manuela; Walker, Naomi F; Zammarchi, Lorenzo; Winkler, Andrea Sylvia. - In: JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1195-1982. - ELETTRONICO. - (2022), pp. 0-0. [10.1093/jtm/taac102]

Clinical characteristics and management of neurocysticercosis patients: a retrospective assessment of case reports from Europe

Zammarchi, Lorenzo;
2022

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Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium. NCC mainly occurs in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia and can cause a variety of clinical signs/symptoms. Although it is a rare disease in Europe, it should nonetheless be considered as a differential diagnosis. The aim of this study was to describe clinical characteristics and management of patients with NCC diagnosed and treated in Europe.
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