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Amoebal Infection
Southeast Asia reports first case of B. mandrillaris meningoencephalitis
September 9th, 2004
Southeast Asia reports its first case of Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis. According to a study from Thailand, "We present a case of 23-year-old man with acute meningoencephalitis, accompanied by inflammation of a nasal ulcer. He had been healthy until 6 months prior to admission to the hospital when he had a motorcycle accident. A star-shaped wound at his nose was incurred after falling into a swamp." "A computed tomogram of the brain showed two nonenhancing hypodense lesions at the left caudate nucleus and the right parietal lobe, ependymitis and leptomeningeal enhancement. A skin biopsy showed chronic noncaseous granulomatous...
Source: Blood Weekly (2004-09-09)
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