An Unusual Cause of Fever and Headache in a School-Aged Male

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2018 Oct;57(11):1359-1362. doi: 10.1177/0009922818772056. Epub 2018 Apr 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amebiasis / complications
  • Amebiasis / diagnosis*
  • Balamuthia mandrillaris / isolation & purification*
  • Brain
  • Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / complications
  • Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fever / microbiology*
  • Headache / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infectious Encephalitis / complications
  • Infectious Encephalitis / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction