Histopathologic spectrum and immunohistochemical diagnosis of amebic meningoencephalitis

Modern Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1230-1237

  Guarner, Jeannette ^a,b   Bartlett, Jeanine ^a   Shieh, Wun Ju ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba spp.; Balamuthia sp.; Free living ameba; Immunohistochemistry; Meningoencephalitis; Naegleria fowleri

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STAINING; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 36248944551     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800973     Document Type: Article

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