The application of shotgun metagenomics to the diagnosis of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Balamuthia mandrillaris: a case report

BACKGROUND: Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is an infrequent and fatal infectious disease worldwide. Antemortem diagnosis in this condition is very difficult because clinical manifestations and neuroimaging are nonspecific. CASE PRESENTATION: A 60-year-old Japanese woman was admitted with a...

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Autores principales: Hirakata, Shota, Sakiyama, Yusuke, Yoshimura, Akiko, Ikeda, Mei, Takahata, Katsunori, Tashiro, Yuichi, Yoshimura, Michiyoshi, Arata, Hitoshi, Yonezawa, Hajime, Kirishima, Mari, Higashi, Michiyo, Hatanaka, Miho, Kanekura, Takuro, Yagita, Kenji, Matsuura, Eiji, Takashima, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8501540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34627183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02418-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8501540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34627183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02418-y

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