Supported by the Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China,No.824MS173 and No.823MS165;the Project of Hainan Province Clinical Medical Center.
BACKGROUND Angiostrongylus cantonensis-induced acute parasitic infection is a rare food-borne disease in clinical practice.Lack of its specific laboratory markers and subsequent difficulty in detecting pathogens cause...
supported by Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen(SZSM201911014);the High Level-Hospital Program,Health Commission of Guangdong Province,China;The funders had no role in study design,data collection or analysis,decision to publish,or preparation of the manuscript.
Eosinophilic meningitis is an unusual condition,particularly in patients with HIV infection or syphilis.The detection of herpes simplex virus(HSV)-2 and HIV-1 in cerebrospinal fluid from a patient with acute eosinophi...
Bacterial meningitis, due to Listeria monocytogenes, is an invasive central nervous infection, commonly reported in high-risk subjects such as pregnant women, infants, the elderly and immunocompromised patients. Howev...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82100631.
BACKGROUND Listeria meningitis is an infectious disease of the central nervous system caused by Listeria monocytogenes.This bacterium is widely present in the natural environment and can be transmitted through channel...
Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare condition with a poor long-term visual prognosis and significant mortality, often associated with the hematogenous spread of intravitreal infections and subsequent disruption of th...
Salmonella meningitis is an uncommon condition in neonates, and when it does occur, it is often linked to serious complications, such as subdural collections and abscesses. We present a case involving a 23-day-old neo...
Objective To explore the early differential diagnosis method by comparing the clinical characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients complicated with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and cryptococc...
supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFA0802900);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32122035,32000669,32070942);a Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Plan Special Fund(BK20232018).
Meningitis is one of the major threats to prenatal and newborn babies,causing more than 300,000 infant deaths worldwide annually.Survivors often suffer from long-term neuron-developmental disorders caused by the infec...
BACKGROUND Human herpesvirus type 7(HHV-7)is a less common herpes virus that usually causes mild,self-limiting illnesses.However,in recent years,there have been increasing reports of HHV-7 causing serious central nerv...
HACEK organisms represent a rare but important group of causative pathogens in endocarditis. These bacteria have historically been associated with culture-negative endocarditis;however, modern laboratory techniques ha...