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Baylisascariasis (Raccoon Roundworm Infection) in Two Unrelated Children — Los Angeles County, California, 2024
CDC / MMWR
31 July 2025

Vaughan AM, Kamel D, Chang M, et al.
Health care providers should suspect B. procyonis infection in patients with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, especially young children or persons with developmental disabilities or pica and consider empiric treatment with albendazole. The public should avoid contact with raccoons and their feces.

keywords: Baylisascariasis, brain imaging abnormalities, encephalopathy, ocular larva migrans, peripheral and cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia, Raccoon Roundworm

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