PEDIATRICS Vol. 98 No. 5 November 1996, pp. 974-977
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Neurocysticercosis: Report of Unusual Pediatric Cases

Julie Kim Stamos MD1, Anne H. Rowley MD1, Yoon S. Hahn MD, FACS, FAAP2, Ellen Gould Chadwick MD3, Peter M. Schsntz VMD, PhD4, and Marianna Wilson MS4

1 Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153
2 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612
3 Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614
4 Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724

Cysticercosis is widely endemic in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The incidence of cysticercosis has been increasing in the United States during the last decade.1 Although an infection still seen primarily in immigrants, it has been reported in increasing numbers in individuals who have close contact with persons who have resided in endemic areas.2 Only 6 cases of cysticercosis in children born in the United States have been reported; in 3 of these cases, the parents were from or had traveled to an endemic area and Taenia ova were recovered from the stools of the parent(s).1,3-6 Because of the prolonged incubation period, cases are rarely seen in infants and young children.4

Submitted on October 6, 1995
Accepted on December 15, 1995




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