Rapidly Progressive Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis in a Diabetic Individual

We present a case of rapidly progressive granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in an individual with diabetes mellitus. Our patient presented with occipital headache, blurry vision, confusion, and gait imbalance of one week's duration. Brain imaging revealed numer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Paudel, Anish C, Patel, Nitin, Quang, Jonathan, Casella, Courtney, Sigal, Adam, Parajuli, Prem, Oladunjoye, Olubunmi, Oke, Ibiyemi O, Khanal, Suravi, Bhattarai, Kristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909298
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19336

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909298
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19336

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