Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris
Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris
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Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
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English
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Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris is rare (63 human cases reported worldwide) and fatal. We report a case in a five‐year‐old boy who had previously been well. For 18 months, he had had a slowly progressive, granulomatous mid facial lesion, but despite extensive investigation definitive diagnosis was made only with...
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Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_79177671
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_79177671
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0025-729X
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1326-5377
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10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138785.x
