Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-473

  Shamsizadeh, Ahmad ^a   Zaker, Nahid ^a   Maraghi, Sharif ^a   Momen, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Meningoencephalitis; Primary amebic

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; PRIMIDONE; RIFAMPICIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AMOEBA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 33845464273     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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