Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis: An emerging parasitic infection

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-396

  Bravo, Francisco G ^a,b   Seas, Carlos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Balamuthia mandrillaris; CNS; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Free living amoeba; Hispanics; Miltefosin; Pathology; Peru; Skin; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; ITRACONAZOLE; MILTEFOSINE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; SULFADIAZINE; THIORIDAZINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA INFECTION; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BUERGER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIFE CYCLE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALAISE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TROPHOZOITE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

EID: 84865694094     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-012-0266-4     Document Type: Article

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