[原著］Epidemiological and Clinical Observations on Eosinophilic Meningitis and Meningoencephalitis of Children Caused by Infection with Angiostrongylus Cantonensis in Southern Taiwan

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The epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 47- child cases of eosinophilic meningitis or menmgoencephalitis were studied in the southern Taiwan from 1973 to 1981. Although the worms of A. cantonensis were detectedonly in the spinal fluids of 4 cases, the clinical manifestations such as eosinophilic pleocytosis and some meningeal symptoms and signs of the othercases were almost the same as those of the proven 4 cases and those in the previous literatures. Therefore, most cases in the present study were considered as potentially infected with A. cantonensis. The majority of cases developed the first symptoms in the rainy summer season among the aborigines who lived in the eastern mountainous area, but no sex difference was noted. Human angiostrongyliasis is still prevalent in the southern Taiwan and so continuing observations are necessary for better diagnosis, therapeutic control and prevention of the disease.