Fatal case of Naegleria fowleri meningo-encephalitis in an infant: Case report

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-226

  Hebbar, Shrikiran ^a   Bairy, Indira ^a   Bhaskaranand, Nalini ^a   Upadhyaya, Santhosh ^a   Sarma, Moinak Sen ^a   Shetty, Anup Kumar ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIAZEPAM; FUROSEMIDE; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE; PHENYTOIN;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LETHARGY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PATHOGENESIS; RESUSCITATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SWIMMING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 23944436088     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X58166     Document Type: Article

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