Sleeping sickness: management
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Sleeping sickness: management. The Card Agglutination Test for Trypanosomiasis (CATT), Immunofluorescence, ELISA. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Screening tests
- The Card Agglutination Test for Trypanosomiasis (CATT)
- Immunofluorescence
- ELISA
Parasitological confirmation
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features
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Electroencephalogram (EEG)
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Treatment for Gambiense
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Treatment for Rhodesiense
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Synonyms
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References
- Dzikowiec M, Góralska K, Błaszkowska J. Neuroinvasions caused by parasites. Ann Parasitol 2017; 63:243–253.
- Malvy D, Chappuis F. Sleeping sickness. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17:986-995.
- Ehrhardt S, Lippert U, Burchard GD, Sudeck H. Orchitis as an unusual manifestation of human African trypanosomiasis. J Infect 2006; 52:e31-e33.
- Kennedy PG. Human African trypanosomiasis of the CNS: current issues and challenges. J Clin Invest 2004; 113:496-504.
