Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis with Naegleria fowleri: Clinical review

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 230-234

  Barnett, Nancy D P ^a   Kaplan, Allen M ^a,b   Hopkin, Robert J ^a   Saubolle, Michael A ^a   Rudinsky, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TROPHOZOITE;

AMEBIASIS; AMEBICIDES; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 0030273108     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(96)00173-7     Document Type: Article

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