In a report this week, doctors have documented the first case of a human brain infection caused by a roundworm normally found in Australian snakes.
Monday in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. According to the report, the 64-year-old woman was first hospitalized in early 2021 with symptoms of long-lasting abdominal pain and diarrhea, as well as dry cough and night sweats. Initial tests found signs of pneumonia and lesions along her liver and spleen, but they couldn’t identify a clear culprit for her illness, such as a bacterial infection or cancer.
enough, her later steroid treatment might have allowed the infestation to eventually reach her brain by suppressing her immune system.often don’t cause visible symptoms, and they tend to clear up on their own without the need for treatment. The worms themselves can’t mature into full-grown adults and eventually die off. However
severe infestations usually require antiparasitic medication to prevent living worms from causing more trouble.In this case, the doctors found no further evidence of worms in the woman’s brain. But to root out any remaining invaders in her body, she was given deworming medication, along with a less intense course of steroids . Six months after her surgery and three months after being tapered off steroids, her eosinophil levels had returned to normal.
Brain worms of any kind are not very common. But this incident does reflect what can happen when humans come into contact with wild animals and their parasites, the authors say. And it’s likely that there are other currently unknown species of roundworm out there that can call our brain home, they warn.“In summary, this case emphasizes the ongoing risk for zoonotic diseases as humans and animals interact closely,” they wrote.
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