Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba amoebae of genotype T2 in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 338-340

  Walochnik, Julia ^a   Aichelburg, Alexander ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^b   Steuer, Andrea ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda ^c   Vetter, Norbert ^a   Aspöck, Horst ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMATOUS AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; AMIKACIN; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITIS; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 38149032687     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01177-07     Document Type: Article

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