Neuropathological and ultrastructural features of amebic encephalitis caused by Sappinia diploidea

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 990-998

  Gelman, Benjamin B ^a,b   Popov, Vselevod ^a,b   Chaljub, Gregory ^a   Nader, Remi ^a   Rauf, Shariq J ^a   Nauta, Haring W ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b WHO Collab Center for Tropical Dis   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Amebic encephalitis; Electron microscopy; Inflammation; Parasite; Trophozoite

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE;

ADULT; AMEBA ENCEPHALITIS; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ENCEPHALITIS; GIEMSA STAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAPPINIA DIPLOIDEA; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOZOITE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0141994803     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.10.990     Document Type: Article

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