Diagnóstico de la meningitis eosinofilica por angiostrongylus en la atención primaria.

Abstract

Introduction: Angiostrongylus is a tropical zoonosis, which causes abdominal and cerebral infections such as eosinophilic meningitis in humans; the definitive host is the rat, while humans are infected by the consumption of L3 present in intermediate hosts that are raw, undercooked or fresh products contaminated by the host; Inside the clinic of eosinophilic meningitis is headache and eosinophilia in the blood or CSF. Objective: To describe the clinical and laboratory findings of Angiostrongylus eosinophilic meningitis through a systematized literature search, for timely management in primary health care. Methods and Materials: A descriptive study was conducted with review of scientific articles, with estimated validity of the last 5 years for what was used as a Google academic database, Pubmed, Science Direct, among others, analyzing 24 articles with scientific relevance. Conclusion: Angiostrongylosis that tends to develop eosinophilic meningitis due to A. cantonensis has as a clinic: headache, stiff neck, vomiting, which adds fever, ataxia, visual disorders, facial paralysis and extraocular muscles; Laboratory tests for diagnosis are CSF, blood and CT analysis; the differential diagnosis we have cerebral cysticercosis, trichochinosis, toxocariasis, estrongiloidiasis, schistosomiasis, in addition certain allergies, certain drugs, while prevention at the time of ingesting these guests we must wash and cook them properly, with the respective control measures to prevent infection .