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dc.contributor.author | Suyo-Prieto, Fiorella | |
dc.contributor.author | Nunez, Jeanette | |
dc.contributor.author | Guzman, Karen | |
dc.contributor.author | Mostajo, Fredy | |
dc.contributor.author | de Amat, Ferdinand | |
dc.contributor.author | Ruiz, Monica | |
dc.contributor.author | Postigo, Mauricio | |
dc.contributor.author | Cabello Vilchez, Alfonso Martin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-04T23:00:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-04T23:00:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9827 | |
dc.description.abstract | Infections by free-living amoebas cause cutaneous and neurological compromise. These conditions have a low frequency, but a high lethality more than 98%. Generally, the clinical picture is nonspecific; the laboratory tests don't help, so it represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. In this report, we present the case of a 21-year-old patient, who was hospitalized for a convulsive syndrome with brain tumors, in addition to a cutaneous lesion on the right thigh. Histopathological analysis, PCR and the clinical picture allowed the diagnosis of granulomatous amebic encephalitis. Despite the treatment, the patient had a fatal outcome | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Revista Argentina Microbiología | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es | |
dc.subject | Amoebic encephalitis | en_US |
dc.subject | Free-living amoeba | en_US |
dc.subject | Balamuthia mandrillaris | en_US |
dc.subject | Cutaneous involvement | en_US |
dc.subject | Encefalitis amebiana | es_PE |
dc.subject | Ameba de vida libre | es_PE |
dc.subject | Balamuthia mandrillaris | es_PE |
dc.subject | Compromiso cutáneo | es_PE |
dc.title | First case report of the Balamuthia mandrillaris in the Camana district of Arequipa, Peru | en_US |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2020.05.002 | |
dc.relation.issn | 1851-7617 |
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