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Drug Target Insights 2021 | DOI: 10.33393/dti.2021.2197 | Khamsai et al 

Appendix I  
 
Search terms and results of searching for corticosteroid treatments in eosinophilic 
meningitis. 
 
 
1. Search strategy in PubMed on 21 November 2019 (21 articles) 
 #1 Search meningit*[Title/Abstract] 

#2 Search eosinophil*[Title/Abstract] 
#3 Search parasites 
#4 Search ((parasitic diseases) OR helminthiasis OR (nematode infections)) 
#5 Search (parasit* OR helminth* OR nematod*) 
#6 Search Angiostrongylus cantonensis 
#7 Search ((angiostrongylus cantonensis) OR (A. cantonenesis)) 
#8 Search (angiostrongylus cantonensis) OR (a. cantonensis) 
#9 Search (#3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8) 
#10 Search (#1 AND #2) 
#11 Search (#9 AND #10) 
#12 Search "Randomized Controlled Trial" [Publication Type] 
#13 Search (random* OR placebo* OR trial* OR groups OR (controlled study)) 
#14 Search (#12 OR #13) 
#15 Search (#11 AND #14) 
#16 Search "Humans"[Mesh] 
#17 Search (#15 AND #16) 

 
 
2. Search strategy in Central on 22 November 2019 (3 articles) 

#1 meningit*:ti,ab,kw 
#2 eosinophil*:ti,ab,kw 
#3 parasites 
#4 (parasitic diseases) OR helminthiasis OR (nematode infections) 
#5 parasit* OR helminth* OR nematod* 
#6 Angiostrongylus cantonensis 
#7 (angiostrongylus cantonensis) OR (A. cantonenesis) 
#8 (angiostrongylus cantonensis) OR (a. cantonensis) 
#9 #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 
#10 #1 AND #2 
#11 #9 AND #10 
#12 (Randomized Controlled Trial) OR random* OR placebo* OR trial* OR groups 
OR (controlled study) 
#13 #11 AND #12 
#14 Humans 
#15 #13 AND #14 

 
 



Drug Target Insights 2021 | DOI: 10.33393/dti.2021.2197 | Khamsai et al 

3. Search strategy in Scopus on 22 November 2019 (254 articles) 
TITLE-ABS-KEY ( meningit* )  AND  TITLE-ABS-
KEY ( eosinophil*  OR  parasitic*  OR  helminth*  OR  nematod*  OR  "Angiostrongylu
s cantonensis"  OR  "A. cantonenesis" )  AND  TITLE-ABS ( "randomized controlled 
trial "  OR  random*  OR  placebo*  OR  trial*  OR  groups  OR  "controlled AND 
study" )  AND  ALL ( human* )  AND  SRCTYPE ( j )  
 

 
4. Search strategy in CINAHL Plus with Full-text (Ebsco) on 22 November 2019 (1 article) 

S15  S13 AND S14  
S14 Human    
S13 S11 AND S12        
S11 S9 AND S10  
S10 S1 AND S2  
S9 TX (S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 OR S8)  
S8 TX (angiostrongylus cantonensis) OR (a. cantonensis)  
S7 TX (angiostrongylus cantonensis) OR (A. cantonenesis)  
S6 TX Angiostrongylus cantonensis  
S5 TX parasit* OR helminth* OR nematod*  
S4 TX (parasitic diseases) OR helminthiasis OR (nematode infections)  
S3 TX parasites  
S2 TI eosinophil*  
S1 TI meningit*  

 
 

5. Search strategy in Web of Science on 22 November 2019 (9 article) 
#1 TITLE: (meningit*) 
#2 TITLE: (eosinophil*)  
#3 TOPIC: (parasit* OR helminth* Or nematod*) OR TOPIC: (Angiostrongylus 
cantonensis) OR TOPIC: (A. cantonenesis) 
#4 #3 OR #2  
#5 #4 AND #1  
#6 ALL FIELDS: (Randomized Controlled Trial) OR ALL FIELDS: (random* Or placebo* 
Or trial* Or groups) OR ALL FIELDS: (controlled study) 
#7 #6 AND #5  
#8 TOPIC: (Human*) 
#9 #8 AND  #7