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Fatal case of amoebic encephalitis masquerading as herpes
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare, fulminating, hemorrhagic infection of the brain caused by Naegleria fowleri, a thermophilic, free-living amoeba. A 74-year male presented with sudden severe global headache and fever with features of anomic aphasia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI...
Autores principales: | Baral, Rikesh, Vaidya, Binit |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934662/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29744128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy010 |
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