Fatal amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in an immunocompetent host. A clinicopathological review of pathogenic free-living amebae in human hosts

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 440-447

  Perez, Maria T ^a   Bush, Larry M ^a  

^a JFK Medical Center Atlantis   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Encephalitis; Free living amebae; Hartmannella; Naegleria; Sappinnia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; METRONIDAZOLE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE;

EID: 36049047641     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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