Clinical case of cerebral amebiasis caused by E. histolytica

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1291-1296

  Maldonado Barrera, Cinthya A ^a   Campos Esparza, Maria Del Rosario ^a   Muñoz Fernández, Luis ^b   Victoria Hernández, Joaquin A ^b   Campos Rodríguez, Rafael ^c   Talamás Rohana, Patricia ^d   Ventura Juárez, Javier ^a  

^a Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

^b Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN AMEBIASIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HEMIPLEGIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

AMEBIASIS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 84862726914     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2617-8     Document Type: Article

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