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> researchers are exploring whether a preexisting medical condition that caused her to be immunocompromised could have led to the larvae taking hold. I really
by novia 3y ago
> researchers are exploring whether a preexisting medical condition that caused her to be immunocompromised could have led to the larvae taking hold.
I really wish this bit of the article was better written! Are they finding out whether she was immunocompromised? Or are they investigating the role a known pre-existing immunocompromising condition may have played in the infection?
I was reading the article the whole time waiting for a compromised immune system to be mentioned, and the one time that they did mention it, it was ambiguous!
- cqz 3y agoI think the Guardian article mixes this up slightly. In the linked journal article they describe how when she initially presented with her symptoms she was treated with prednisolone, causing the immunosupression. edit: and they note in the conclusion that the immunosuppression may be what allowed the migration to the brain
- novia 3y agoThank you for the clarification! I didn't even see the linked journal article. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0351_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0351_article