Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis in an immunocompromised patient: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-305

  Kansagra, Akash P ^a   Menon, Jayant P ^a   Yarbrough, Chester K ^a   Urbaniak, Klaudia ^a   Waters, J Dawn ^a   Borys, Ewa ^b   Jandial, Rahul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ameba; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Encephalitis; Immune deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; NYSTATIN; PENTAMIDINE; PHENYTOIN; PIPERACILLIN; POSACONAZOLE; SULFADIAZINE; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALAMUTHIA INFECTION; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONSULTATION; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; FEVER; FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERPLASIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LOBECTOMY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; PELVIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 68849097503     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.9.JNS08718     Document Type: Article

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