{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,6]],"date-time":"2023-09-06T09:06:31Z","timestamp":1693991191615},"reference-count":1,"publisher":"National Library of Serbia","issue":"11-12","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Med pregl","MED PREGLED"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2002]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic disease with wide distribution which is caused by larval forms of Taenia Solium. Our aim was to: show the most common clinical manifestations of patients with NCC and their importance in diagnosing this disease; examine the value of serologic diagnostic methods in blood and cerebrospinal fluid; to emphasize the value of radiological diagnostic methods ? CT and MRI of the brain, in relation to the applied protocol of therapy, as well as the impact of anti-parasitic therapy on the outcome of this disease. Material, methods and results 13 patients with NCC (from 35 to 63 years of age, median age 49; 61,5% male and 38,5% female) were treated at the Clinic of Infectious Diseases in Novi Sad during a five-year period. Two patients had a positive epidemic data of parasitic diseases of the intestinal tract in childhood. The most common clinical manifestation was headache in 61,5% of patients, and generalized convulsions and hemiparesis in 46,2%. Meningeal inflammation was present in 27,3% of patients. Two of five patients had positive ELISA test for cysticercosis in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid. CT and MRI findings confirmed parenchimal form of NCC in 30,8% of patients, while calcifications were found in 69,2% of patients. All patients were treated with Albendazole, 800 mg a day, in two doses. 30,76% of patients had a favorable outcome of the disease, 53,7% of patients were discharged with complications, and one patient died. Conclusion The most common manifestation of NCC in our patients was headache, followed by general convulsions and hemiparesis. Radiological diagnostic methods ? CT and MRI ? proved to be most valuable both in diagnostics and follow-up of lesions. All our patients were treated with Albendazole; Dexamethasone was applied in patients with severe inflammatory reaction, and anti-convulsive drugs in patients with convulsions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2298\/mpns0212523d","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,7,21]],"date-time":"2006-07-21T09:18:53Z","timestamp":1153473533000},"page":"523-527","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Neurocysticercosis: A five-year experience"],"prefix":"10.2298","volume":"55","author":[{"suffix":"Z.","given":"Radoslava","family":"Doder","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Klini\u010dki centar, Novi Sad - Klinika za infektivne bolesti"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"suffix":"D.","given":"Nadezda","family":"Madle-Samardzija","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klini\u010dki centar, Novi Sad - Klinika za infektivne bolesti"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"suffix":"J.","given":"Grozdana","family":"Canak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klini\u010dki centar, Novi Sad - Klinika za infektivne bolesti"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"suffix":"S.","given":"Jovan","family":"Vukadinov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klini\u010dki centar, Novi Sad - Klinika za infektivne bolesti"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"suffix":"S.","given":"Vesna","family":"Turkulov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klini\u010dki centar, Novi Sad - Klinika za infektivne bolesti"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"suffix":"Dj.","given":"Sinisa","family":"Sevic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klini\u010dki centar, Novi Sad - Klinika za infektivne bolesti"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1078","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archinte.145.3.442"}],"container-title":["Medicinski pregled","Medical review"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,29]],"date-time":"2023-05-29T09:17:50Z","timestamp":1685351870000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/doiserbia.nb.rs\/Article.aspx?ID=0025-81050212523D"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2002]]},"references-count":1,"journal-issue":{"issue":"11-12","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2002]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2298\/mpns0212523d","relation":{},"ISSN":["0025-8105","1820-7383"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0025-8105","type":"print"},{"value":"1820-7383","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2002]]}}}