Cerebellar Cysticercosis Caused by LarvalTaenia crassicepsTapeworm in Immunocompetent Woman, Germany

2013/11/05 by Vasileios Ntoukas, Dennis Tappe, Daniel Pfütze +2 · 1 citation
Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Anatomy #Antibody #Biology #Cestoda #Cysticercosis #Helminths #Immunology #Medicine #Neurocysticercosis #Parasite hosting #Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics #Parasitic infections in humans and animals #Pathology #Serology #Taenia #Taenia crassiceps #Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.3201/eid1912.130284

openalex publication_date 2013/11/05 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/24

Abstract

Human cysticercosis caused by Taenia crassiceps tapeworm larvae involves the muscles and subcutis mostly in immunocompromised patients and the eye in immunocompetent persons. We report a successfully treated cerebellar infection in an immunocompetent woman. We developed serologic tests, and the parasite was identified by histologic examination and 12s rDNA PCR and sequencing.

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