A rare survivor of Balamuthia granulomatous encephalitis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 499-502

  Botterill, Elissa ^a   Yip, Gary ^a  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Granulomatous encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN; AZITHROMYCIN; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; ITRACONAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; SULFADIAZINE;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA GRANULOMATOUS ENCEPHALITIS; BALAMUTHIA INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SURVIVOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMEBIASIS; AMEBICIDES; AMOEBA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN; COMA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISOLONE; SKIN; SURVIVAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958149338     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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