Cerebral schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium confirmed by PCR analysis of brain specimen.
Kentaro Imai, Tomohiko Koibuchi, Takashi Kumagai, Takuya Maeda, Yoshio Osada, Nobuo Ohta, Michiko Koga, Hitomi Nakamura, Toshiyuki Miura, Aikichi Iwamoto, Takeshi Fujii
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Kentaro Imai: Department of Infectious Diseases and Applied Immunology, Research Hospital of The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
The case of a 25-year-old Japanese male who had cerebral schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium is reported here. Although serum antibody tests showed a cross-reaction with other helminths and no ova were excreted in urine or feces, the existence of Schistosoma haematobium in the brain was confirmed by PCR analysis.
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Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Helminth
Asian People
Brain
Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections
Cross Reactions
Feces
Histocytochemistry
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Microscopy
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Parasitology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Radiography
Schistosoma haematobium
Schistosomiasis haematobia
Urine
