Astrocyte Apoptosis and HIV Replication Are Modulated in Host Cells Coinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]
, 2017 The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease. In immunosuppressed individuals, as it occurs in the coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the central nervous system may be affected. In this regard, reactivation
Burgos, Juan Miguel +5 more
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Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aims Central nervous system (CNS) infection is one of the most common causes of morbidity, mortality, and hospital admission worldwide. The natural history of CNS infection is quite fatal.
Bikram P. Gajurel +8 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen which can invade different mammalian cells and reach to the central nervous system (CNS), leading to meningoencephalitis and brain abscesses.
Ziwei Lan +4 more
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Rare ocular manifestation in a case of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2014 West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne flavivirus, which causes flu-like illness and is sporadically associated with encephalitis. Transmission to humans occurs following a bite from an infected mosquito, which acquires the virus after feeding on ...
Konark Malhotra +3 more
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Post-mortem culture of Balamuthia mandrillaris from the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of a case of granulomatous amoebic meningoencephalitis, using human brain microvascular endothelial cells [PDF]
, 2004 The first isolation in the UK of Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebae from a fatal case of granulomatous amoebic meningoencephalitis is reported. Using primary cultures of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs), amoebae were isolated from the ...
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Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis [PDF]
Neurology, 2003 A previously healthy 5-year-old boy presented with severe headache and neck stiffness. On examination, he exhibited somnolence and nuchal rigidity. The results of CSF studies were as follows: red blood cells, 400/mm3; white blood cells, 1,150/mm3 (91% polymorphonuclear cells); glucose level, …
Darin T, Okuda, Stephen, Coons
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COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis treated with intravenous immunoglobulin
BMJ Case Reports, 2020 A 40-year-old man presented with altered mental status after a recenthospitalisation for COVID-19 pneumonia. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed lymphocytosis concerning for viral infection.
Rayan S. El-Zein +3 more
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First Case of Systemic Coronavirus Infection in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) in Peru. [PDF]
, 2015 A domestic ferret from Lima, Peru, died after ten days of non-specific clinical signs. Based on pathology, immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis, ferret systemic coronavirus (FRSCV)-associated disease was diagnosed for the first time in South ...
Gonzales-Viera, O +5 more
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Screening red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) for possible viral causes of encephalitis [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Next to various known infectious and non-infectious causes, the aetiology of non-suppurative encephalitis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) often remains unclear.
Becker, Sabrina +10 more
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Oropouche Virus–Associated Aseptic Meningoencephalitis, Southeastern Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Oropouche fever is a neglected arthropodborne disease and zoonosis responsible for several outbreaks of a febrile disease in Central and South America. We present a clinical case of aseptic meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent patient that resulted ...
Sebastian Vernal +2 more
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