Brain infestation by Cysticercus cellulosae, the larval form of Taenia solium, is a common disorder in Mexico and other Latin American countries, Asia, Africa, and some Eastern European countries. Recent immigration has caused an increase in the number of cases of neurocysticercosis in the United States. This work describes the acute encephalitic form of neurocysticercosis in 26 cases. The clin...

Intracranial cysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection 1. Human cysticercosis is caused by ingestion of food contaminated with the ova of Taenia solium. Gastric juices dissolve the outer shell of the ova to release the primary larvae or oncospheres which penetrate the mucosa and enter the bloodstream. They can lodge in any tissue but have predilection for brain. These cysts may lodge...

BACKGROUND It is now agreed that the prognosis of seizure disorder due to solitary cysticercus granuloma (SCG) is generally good. However, the choice antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) remain empirical, with no comparative trials of different AEDs being available. AIMS To determine the safety and efficacy (measured by the incidence of 'treatment failure') of clobazam in comparison to standard treatme...

Antigens were detected in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with neurocysticercosis (NC) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using polyclonal sera of rabbit anti-Taenia solium cysticerci (anti-Tso) and anti- Taenia crassiceps cysticerci vesicular fluid (anti-Tcra or anti-Tcra <30 kDa). A group of NC patients (n = 174) were studied (NC), including 40 patients in different ...