1. Successful treatment of Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic infection with extensive neurological and cutaneous involvement.
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Martínez DY, Seas C, Bravo F, Legua P, Ramos C, Cabello AM, and Gotuzzo E
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, Albendazole therapeutic use, Amebiasis pathology, Amoebozoa classification, Brain diagnostic imaging, Child, Child, Preschool, Encephalitis parasitology, Female, Fluconazole therapeutic use, Histocytochemistry, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Phosphorylcholine analogs & derivatives, Phosphorylcholine therapeutic use, Radiography, Skin Diseases, Parasitic parasitology, Skin Diseases, Parasitic pathology, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Amebiasis drug therapy, Amebiasis parasitology, Amoebozoa isolation & purification, Antiprotozoal Agents therapeutic use, Encephalitis drug therapy, Skin Diseases, Parasitic drug therapy
- Abstract
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris is an uncommon infection for which there is no optimal therapy. We describe a young, female patient who presented with extensive cutaneous and neurological involvement and who recovered after receiving prolonged treatment with miltefosine, fluconazole, and albendazole.
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- 2010
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