[Investigation of inpatient cases of food-borne parasitic encephalopathy].

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the clinical features of the patients with encephalopathy caused by food-borne parasites.

METHODS

Questionnairing was carried out to collect and analyze clinical data of cerebral form of food-borne parasitic diseases in the hospital during the past five years.

RESULTS

Among 190 discharged medical histories, 115 cases were valid for investigation, the number of males was 73, females 42, with a ratio of 1.74:1. Among these patients, 20.9% (24/115) had a history of eating raw meat. For discharge diagnosis, neurocysticercosis accounted for 92.2% (106/115), cerebral paragonimiasis 3.5% (4/115), sparganosis 2.6% (3/115), and angiostrongyliasis cantonensis and gnathostomiasis 0.9% (1/115) each. 13.9% (16/115) of the patients were hospitalized for three times or more.

CONCLUSION

More attention should be paid to food-borne parasitic encephalopathy.