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Abstract
A 2-year-old boy presented with seizures and two parenchymal brain ring-enhancing lesions. Diagnosis of neurocysticercosis was confirmed by positive serology and response to albendazole therapy. The patients's mother was a Taenia solium carrier, who had most likely infected the child through the fecal-oral route. Household contacts should always be investigated in children with neurocysticercosis. Proper identification and treatment of Taenia solium carriers will reduce the risk of further spread of the disease.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22943549 PMCID: PMC4001499 DOI: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pathog Glob Health ISSN: 2047-7724 Impact factor: 2.894