Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis with subsequent organ procurement: A case study

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 274-279

  Tuppeny, Misti ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COOPERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

AMEBIASIS; BRAIN DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSE CLINICIANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053617351     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e318227ef6e     Document Type: Article

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