Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 82-84

  Reed, Robert P ^a,c   Cooke Yarborough, Claire M ^a   Jaquiery, Anne L ^a   Grimwood, Keith ^b   Kemp, Andrew S ^a   Su, John C ^a   Forsyth, Jocelyn R L ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FACE DISORDER; FATALITY; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0030746093     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138785.x     Document Type: Article

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