Strongyloidiasis and Culture-Negative Suppurative Meningitis, Japan, 1993-2015

Community-acquired Enterobacteriaceae infection and culture-negative meningitis are rare and atypical subtypes of meningitis in adults. Of 37 patients who had atypical suppurative meningitis during 1993-2015 in Okinawa, Japan, 54.5% had strongyloidiasis, of which 9.1% cases were hyperinfections and...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2018-12, Vol.24 (12), p.2378-2380
Main Authors: Mukaigawara, Mitsuru, Nakayama, Izumi, Gibo, Koichiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Coinfection
culture-negative suppurative meningitis
Enterobacteriaceae
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
HTLV-1
Humans
Japan - epidemiology
Meningitis
Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Meningitis, Bacterial - epidemiology
Meningitis, Bacterial - history
meningitis/encephalitis
Okinawa
Research Letter
Retrospective Studies
Statistics
Strongyloidiasis
Strongyloidiasis - diagnosis
Strongyloidiasis - epidemiology
Strongyloidiasis - history
Strongyloidiasis and Culture-Negative Suppurative Meningitis, Japan, 1993–2015
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Summary:Community-acquired Enterobacteriaceae infection and culture-negative meningitis are rare and atypical subtypes of meningitis in adults. Of 37 patients who had atypical suppurative meningitis during 1993-2015 in Okinawa, Japan, 54.5% had strongyloidiasis, of which 9.1% cases were hyperinfections and 3.0% dissemination. Strongyloidiasis should be considered an underlying cause of atypical suppurative meningitis.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2412.180375