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Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis presenting with acute hydrocephalus
B J Duke1, R W Tyson, R DeBiasi
1Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
Pediatric Neurosurgery
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
The leptomyxid amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris, previously believed to be a harmless soil-inhabiting organism, is now known to be a rare but consistently lethal cause of meningoencephalitis in humans. We report a case of amebic meningoencephalitis caused by B. mandrillaris which presented as a febrile illness with acute hydrocephalus.