A patient with granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris survived with two excisions and medication

BACKGROUND: Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is a rare central nervous system infection caused by the Balamuthia mandrillaris or Acanthamoeba species. Diagnosis is challenging because of the non-specific clinical presentation, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and radiological features. There is...

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Autores principales: Peng, Limei, Zhou, Quan, Wu, Yu, Cao, Xiaoli, Lv, Zili, Su, Minghua, Yu, Yachun, Huang, Wen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35032997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-07020-8

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