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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...
Autores principales: | Mani, Valli, Hudgins, Eric |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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