Three-year-old girl with fever and coma

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Bakardjiev, Anna ^a   Glaser, Carol ^b   Schuster, Fred ^b   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^c   Azimi, Parvin H ^d   Grossman, Moses ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b STATE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Ameba; Amebic meningoencephalitis; Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis; Encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036142921     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200201000-00019     Document Type: Article

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