Neurocysticerosis: An Individualized Approach.

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is an infection of the central nervous system by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. The combination of modern diagnostic tests, use of antiparasitic drugs, improved anti-inflammatory treatments, and minimally invasive neurosurgery has improved outcomes in patients with neurocysticercosis. This parasitic infection is complex in both the clinical presentation and the treatment approach, which depends on the number of cysts, location in the brain, stage of degeneration, and host inflammatory response. Therapeutic interventions for each location are different; therefore, principles for managing parenchymal disease cannot be applied to extraparenchymal disease and should be individualized.

• Authors: Christina M Coyle
• Journal: Infectious disease clinics of North America (Infect Dis Clin North Am) Vol. 33 Issue 1 Pg. 153-168 (03 2019) ISSN: 1557-9824 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 30712759 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Antiparasitic Agents

Topics

• Africa (epidemiology)
• Animals
• Antiparasitic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Asia (epidemiology)
• Brain (diagnostic imaging, parasitology, pathology)
• Disease Management
• Humans
• Latin America (epidemiology)
• Neurocysticercosis (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, surgery)
• Seizures (parasitology)
• Swine