Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-332

  Koide, J ^a,c   Okusawa, E ^b   Ito, T ^a   Mori, S ^a   Takeuchi, T ^a   Itoyama, S ^a   Abe, T ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis; Opportunistic Infection; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA ANTIBODY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031694537     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01451015     Document Type: Article

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