Diagnosing Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis via next-generation sequencing in a 13-year-old girl
ABSTRACTBalamuthia amoebic encephalitis has a subacute-to-chronic course and is almost invariably fatal owing to delayed diagnosis and a lack of effective therapy. Here, we report a 13-year-old girl with cutaneous lesions and multifocal granulomatous encephalitis. The patient underwent a series of t...
Main Authors: | Xia Wu, Gangfeng Yan, Shuzhen Han, Yingzi Ye, Xunjia Cheng, Hairong Gong, Hui Yu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-01-01
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Series: | Emerging Microbes and Infections |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2020.1775130 |
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