Granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by acanthamoeba

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 434-436

  Sell, J J ^a   Rupp, F W ^a   Orrison Jr , W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Infection, brain

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030917419     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050440     Document Type: Article

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