Neurosurgical intervention in the diagnosis and treatment of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 636-640

  Orozco, Ludwig ^a   Hanigan, William ^a   Khan, Majid ^a   Fratkin, Jonathan ^a   Lee, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis; Infection; Intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MANNITOL; MILTEFOSINE; PENTAMIDINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGITATION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALAMUTHIA INFECTION; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIURETIC THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLAR HERNIATION;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBOZOA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 80052346773     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.4.JNS102057     Document Type: Article

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