Case report: multiple and atypical amoebic cerebral abscesses resistant to treatment

Case report: multiple and atypical amoebic cerebral abscesses resistant to treatment

Abstract Background The parasite Entamoeba histolytica is the causal agent of amoebiasis, a worldwide emerging disease. Amebic brain abscess is a form of invasive amebiasis that is both rare and frequently lethal. This condition always begins with the infection of the colon by E. histolytica trophoz...

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Main Authors: Joaquin Alvaro Victoria-Hernández, Anayansi Ventura-Saucedo, Aurelio López-Morones, Sandra Luz Martínez-Hernández, Marina Nayeli Medina-Rosales, Martín Muñoz-Ortega, Manuel Enrique Ávila-Blanco, Daniel Cervantes-García, Luis Fernando Barba-Gallardo, Javier Ventura-Juárez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cerebral amoebiasis
Entamoeba histolytica
NMRI
PCR
140 kDa fibronectin receptor
Brain abscess
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05391-y

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