A rare case of survival from primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-36

  Gautam, Parshotam Lal ^a   Sharma, Shruti ^a   Puri, Sandeep ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Midha, Vandana ^a   Bansal, Rajinder ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; central nervous system; cerebrospinal fluid; Naegleria fowleri; primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; UREA; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; AERATION; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NECK PAIN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL; TROPHOZOITE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84859569939     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.94432     Document Type: Article

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