Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris
- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 167 (2) , 82-84
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138785.x
Abstract
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris is rare (63 human cases reported worldwide) and fatal. We report a case in a five‐year‐old boy who had previously been well. For 1...Keywords
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