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Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis in an uncontrolled diabetic patient

Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba that may result in a disseminated infection of the central nervous system called granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. We present a case of balamuthiasis in a Hispanic male with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (hemoglobin A1C of 12.2 %) who di...

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Autores principales: Mani, Valli, Hudgins, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8217696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34189033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01174