Pediatric granulomatous cerebral amebiasis: A delayed diagnosis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-156

  Galarza, Marcelo ^a,b   Cuccia, Vicente ^a   Sosa, Fidel P ^a   Monges, Jorge A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISONE;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRACTURE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; STROKE;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS;

EID: 0036189069     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(01)00360-5     Document Type: Article

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