Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis: An emerging parasitic infection

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dc.contributor.author Bravo Puccio, Francisco Gerardo
dc.contributor.author Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:26:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:26:45Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10833
dc.description.abstract Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free living amoeba that can be isolated from soil. It is an emerging pathogen causing skin lesions as well as CNS involvement with a fatal outcome if untreated. The infection has been described more commonly in inmunocompetent individuals, mostly males, many children, and with a predilection for population with Hispanic background in cases occurring in the United States. Except for Africa, all continents have reported the disease, although a majority of cases are seen in North and South America. In published reported cases from North America, most patients will debut with neurological symptoms, where as in countries like Peru, a skin lesion will precede other symptoms. The classical skin lesion is a plaque, mostly located on face or knee. Diagnosis requires a high level of suspicion. Therapeutic strategies require a multidrug approach, than includes at least one amebicidal drug, and prolonged periods of treatment. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries Current Infectious Disease Reports
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging en_US
dc.subject Acanthamoeba en_US
dc.subject Epidemiology en_US
dc.subject Sex Difference en_US
dc.subject Fever en_US
dc.subject Headache en_US
dc.subject Hispanic en_US
dc.subject Incidence en_US
dc.subject Mortality en_US
dc.subject Nausea en_US
dc.subject Prognosis en_US
dc.subject Skin Biopsy en_US
dc.subject Diagnosis en_US
dc.subject Albendazole en_US
dc.subject Serology en_US
dc.subject Meningoencephalitis en_US
dc.subject Computer Assisted Tomography en_US
dc.subject Skin Ulcer en_US
dc.subject Treatment Duration en_US
dc.subject Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay en_US
dc.subject Glucose en_US
dc.subject Laboratory Diagnosis en_US
dc.subject Azithromycin en_US
dc.subject Cotrimoxazole en_US
dc.subject Symptomatology en_US
dc.subject Vomiting en_US
dc.subject Fluconazole en_US
dc.subject Amphotericin B en_US
dc.subject Skin Infection en_US
dc.subject Balamuthia Infection en_US
dc.subject Clarithromycin en_US
dc.subject Itraconazole en_US
dc.subject Miltefosine en_US
dc.subject Trophozoite en_US
dc.subject Brain Hemorrhage en_US
dc.subject Flucytosine en_US
dc.subject Buerger Disease en_US
dc.subject Central Nervous System Infection en_US
dc.subject CNS en_US
dc.subject Cranial Nerve Paralysis en_US
dc.subject Focal Epilepsy en_US
dc.subject Free Living Amoeba en_US
dc.subject Hispanics en_US
dc.subject Life Cycle en_US
dc.subject Lymphocytic Infiltration en_US
dc.subject Malaise en_US
dc.subject Miltefosin en_US
dc.subject Neuroimaging en_US
dc.subject Pathology en_US
dc.subject Pentamidine Isethionate en_US
dc.subject Photophobia en_US
dc.subject Pleocytosis en_US
dc.subject Sulfadiazine en_US
dc.subject Therapy en_US
dc.subject Thioridazine en_US
dc.subject Visual Impairment en_US
dc.title Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis: An emerging parasitic infection en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-012-0266-4
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.relation.issn 1534-3146


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