Meningitis Therapy
Researchers at Chung-Shan Medical University, Department of Parasitology target meningitis therapy
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 7th, 2006
A report, "Chinese herbal medicine Yin-Chen-Extract as an adjunct to anthelmintic albendazole used against Angiostrongylus cantonensis-induced eosinophilic meningitis or meningoencephalitis," is newly published data in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. According to recent research from Taiwan, "The effects of albendazole and Yin-Chen-Extract co-therapy on Angiostrongylus cantonensis-induced eosinophilic meningitis in BALB/c mice were evaluated. Assay indicators for the therapeutic effect include worm recovery, histopathological score of the fourth ventricle, tissue-type plasminogen activator, urokinase-type plasminogen activator, matrix metalloproteinase-9,...
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