Successful treatment of Acanthamoeba meningitis with combination oral antimicrobials

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 623-627

  Singhal, Tanu ^a   Bajpai, Anurag ^a   Kalra, Veena ^a   Kabra, Sushil K ^a   Samantaray, Jyotish C ^b   Satpathy, Gita ^c   Gupta, Arun K ^b  

^a Departments of Pediatrics (TS   (India)

^b Department Microbiology ^*

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Chronic meningitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; RIFAMPIN; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0034970423     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200106000-00016     Document Type: Article

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