Case Report: Encephalitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in a 3-Year-Old Iranian Girl

It is about half a century since free-living amoebae were recognized as pathogenic organisms, but there is still much we should learn about these rare fatal human infectious agents. A recently introduced causative agent of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, Balamuthia mandrillaris, has been reporte...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2021-05, Vol.104 (5), p.1836-1840
Hauptverfasser:	Safavi, Moeinadin, Mehrtash, Vahid, Habibi, Zohreh, Mohammadpour, Masoud, Haghi Ashtiani, Mohammad Taghi, Sotoudeh Anvari, Maryam, Zaresharifi, Nooshin, Shafizadeh, Milad, Jafarzadeh, Bita
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amebiasis - diagnostic imaging Amebiasis - parasitology Amebiasis - pathology Ataxia - diagnostic imaging Ataxia - parasitology Ataxia - pathology Balamuthia mandrillaris - growth & development Balamuthia mandrillaris - pathogenicity Biopsy Case reports Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections - diagnostic imaging Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections - parasitology Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections - pathology Child, Preschool Dizziness - diagnostic imaging Dizziness - parasitology Dizziness - pathology Encephalitis Fatal Outcome Female Humans Iran Magnetic Resonance Imaging Paresis - diagnostic imaging Paresis - parasitology Paresis - pathology Seizures - diagnostic imaging Seizures - parasitology Seizures - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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