Granulomatous amebic encephalitis in a multivisceral transplant recipient

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-295

  Mendez, O ^a,c   Kanal, E ^a   Abu Elmagd, K M ^b   McFadden, K ^a   Thomas, S ^a   Bond, G ^b   Zivkovic S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Encephalitis; Multivisceral transplantation; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ENCEPHALITIS; GARDNER SYNDROME; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645308797     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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