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Meningitis, meningoencephalitis and encephalitis in Bern: an observational study of 258 patients
BMC Neurology, 2021 Background Depending on geographic location, causes of encephalitis, meningoencephalitis and meningitis vary substantially. We aimed to identify the most frequent causes, clinical presentation and long-term outcome of encephalitis, meningoencephalitis ...
Anamaria Ungureanu +9 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis by Naegleria fowleri: Pathogenesis and Treatments
Biomolecules, 2021 Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba (FLA) that is commonly known as the “brain-eating amoeba.” This parasite can invade the central nervous system (CNS), causing an acute and fulminating infection known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
A. Güémez, Elisa García
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Brain Atrophy in Dogs With Meningoencephalitis of Unknown Origin. [PDF]
J Vet Intern MedABSTRACT Background Information regarding repeat magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin (MUO) is sparse and it is unknown whether brain atrophy occurs. Objectives To determine whether brain atrophy occurs in MUO and evaluate if there is an association between atrophy and survival or relapse ...
Gonçalves R, Walmsley G, Maddox TW.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Naegleria fowleri is a free-living ameba that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but usually fatal disease. We analyzed trends in recreational water exposures associated with PAM cases reported during 1978–2018 in the United States ...
R. Gharpure +8 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis in an Immunocompetent Patient after COVID-19 Infection
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021 Cryptococcus neoformans is a saprophytic fungus that causes fatal disseminated infections in immunocompromised hosts. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple cases of secondary viral, bacterial, and fungal infections have been reported in ...
H. Ghanem, G. Sivasubramanian
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Case Reports in Radiology, 2022 The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis (B. procyonis) may infect humans to cause severe or fatal meningoencephalitis, as well as ocular and visceral larva migrans.
Adam E. Goldman-Yassen +3 more
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 BACKGROUND Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rapidly progressive and often fatal condition caused by the free-living ameba Naegleria fowleri. To estimate the global occurrence, characterize the epidemiology, and describe the clinical features
R. Gharpure +5 more
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COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis complicated with intracranial hemorrhage: a case report
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic that started in December 2019 is mainly related to clinical pictures consistent with respiratory symptoms; nevertheless, reports about neurological complications have recently appeared in the medical literature.
Mohammad Al-olama, A. Rashid, D. Garozzo
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A Case Series on Neurological Insights of Scrub Typhus [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Scrub typhus is a rickettsial disease caused by gram negative coccobacilli and transmitted through the bite of larval stage of mite. The disease is notable in the Asia-Pacific belt with few sporadic and epidemic cases reported from India as well.
PUNEET SAXENA +2 more
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Clinical case of meningoencephalitis of Epstein-Barr viral etiology in an immunocompetent patient
Medičnì Perspektivi, 2023 The article describes a rare clinical case of meningoencephalitis of Epstein-Barr viral (EBV) etiology in an immunocompetent patient. The purpose of the work was to acquaint practitioners with the problems of diagnosis and treatment of EBV-neuroinfection,
O.O. Popovych +6 more
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