dc.contributor.author |
Suyo-Prieto, Fiorella |
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dc.contributor.author |
Nunez, Jeanette |
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dc.contributor.author |
Guzman, Karen |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mostajo, Fredy |
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dc.contributor.author |
de Amat, Ferdinand |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ruiz, Monica |
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dc.contributor.author |
Postigo, Mauricio |
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dc.contributor.author |
Cabello Vilchez, Alfonso Martin |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-10-04T23:00:57Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-10-04T23:00:57Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9827 |
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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 |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Revista Argentina Microbiología |
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dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es |
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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 |
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dc.identifier.doi |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2020.05.002 |
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dc.relation.issn |
1851-7617 |
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