Nature MedicineMetagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is an agnostic method for broad-based diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) infections.
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Meningoencefalitis Amebiana, revisión de tema.
Ciencia & Salud, 2020 Las infecciones del sistema nervioso central por amebas son una entidad poco frecuente, sin embargo, se caracterizan por una extrema virulencia y un pronóstico devastador.
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NAEGLERIA FOWLERI E A MENINGOENCEFALITE AMEBIANA PRIMÁRIA: TRATAMENTO
Anais do I Congresso Brasileiro de Estudos Patológicos On-line, 2022 Introdução: A Naegleria fowleri é um protozoário de vida livre, flagelado e termofílo, popularmente conhecido como ameba "comedora de cérebro", é o agente etiológico de uma doença da meningoencefalite amebiana primária (MAP).
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1010. Metronidazole-associated neurologic adverse events: risk factors analysis
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2022 Metronidazole is a widely used antibiotic to treat anaerobic and protozoal infections. However, neurologic adverse events associated with metronidazole have been reported in case series and case reports.
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Modulation of the host Th1 immune response in pigeon protozoal encephalitis caused by Sarcocystis calchasi [PDF]
, 2013 Pigeon protozoal encephalitis (PPE) is an emerging central-nervous disease of domestic pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica) reported in Germany and the United States.
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Central Nervous System Vasculitis
, 2023 Central nervous system vasculitis (CNSV) is a group of disorders leading to inflammatory vasculopathy within the brain, spinal cord, and leptomeninges. CNSV is divided into primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) and secondary CNSV based ...
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'Acanthamoeba' produces disseminated infection in locusts and traverses the locust blood-brain barrier to invade the central nervous system [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Many aspects of Acanthamoeba granulomatous encephalitis remain poorly understood, including host susceptibility and chronic colonization which represent important features of the spectrum of host-pathogen interactions.
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Pharmacokinetics of Diclazuril in the Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Healthy Adult Horses After a Single Oral Dose Administered as a Pelleted Topdressing. [PDF]
J Vet Pharmacol TherABSTRACT Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis can cause acute infections with rapid onset of neurologic signs, necessitating immediate empiric therapy with antiprotozoal medication. The objective of the study was to identify when concentrations of diclazuril reached the MIC of Sarcocystis neurona in CSF (1 ng/mL) of healthy adult horses after a single ...
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Microglia in neuropathology caused by protozoan parasites
Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2020 Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) is the most severe consequence of some parasitic infections. Protozoal infections comprise a group of diseases that together affect billions of people worldwide and, according to the World Health ...
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Flaviviruses as agents of childhood central nervous system infections in Brazil [PDF]
, 2019 Flaviviruses are agents of a major emerging human public health issue and members of this genus have been associated with central nervous system (CNS) infections. In Brazil, a country endemic for some arboviruses, the most clinically relevant neurotropic
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