Fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris presenting as a skin lesion

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 38-41

  Pritzker, Adam S ^a   Kim, Bong K ^a   Agrawal, Dipti ^a   Southern Jr , Paul M ^a   Pandya, Amit G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; STAINING; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0842282621     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(03)02090-5     Document Type: Article

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