Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis diagnosed by trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid

Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis has not been described in the modern literature, which is distinct from that caused by free-living amoebae. We report the first case of E. histolytica meningoencephalitis without liver or brain abscesses. Cerebrospinal fluid revealed 2 + very motile trophozo...

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Autores principales: Goh, L M L, Marrone, J R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2013
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First Clinical Case Report/First Clinical Case in Emerging Country
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2052-2975.6
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description Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis has not been described in the modern literature, which is distinct from that caused by free-living amoebae. We report the first case of E. histolytica meningoencephalitis without liver or brain abscesses. Cerebrospinal fluid revealed 2 + very motile trophozoites. Our patient was successfully treated with intravenous metronidazole.
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spelling pubmed-41844872014-10-29 Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis diagnosed by trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid Goh, L M L Marrone, J R New Microbes New Infect First Clinical Case Report/First Clinical Case in Emerging Country Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis has not been described in the modern literature, which is distinct from that caused by free-living amoebae. We report the first case of E. histolytica meningoencephalitis without liver or brain abscesses. Cerebrospinal fluid revealed 2 + very motile trophozoites. Our patient was successfully treated with intravenous metronidazole. BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2013-10 2013-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4184487/ /pubmed/25356319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2052-2975.6 Text en ©2013 The Authors. New Microbes and New Infections published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis diagnosed by trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid
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title_full Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis diagnosed by trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid
title_fullStr Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis diagnosed by trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid
title_full_unstemmed Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis diagnosed by trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid
title_short Entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis diagnosed by trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid
title_sort entamoeba histolytica meningoencephalitis diagnosed by trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid
topic First Clinical Case Report/First Clinical Case in Emerging Country
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184487/
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