Probable amebic brain abscess in a homosexual man with an Entamoeba histolytica liver abscess

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 672-675

  Yamasaki, Masayoshi ^a   Taniguchi, Akira ^a   Nagai, Moritaka ^b   Sasaki, Ryogen ^a   Naito, Yutaka ^a   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Entamoeba hystolytica; Homosexual man; Liver abscess; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; JAPAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MICROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 37349119792     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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