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Cuoco JA, Klein BJ, LeBel DP, et al. Successful Treatment of a Balamuthia mandrillaris Cerebral Abscess in a Pediatric Patient With Complete Surgical Resection and Antimicrobial Therapy. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022;41(2):e54-e57doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003418.
Cuoco, J. A., Klein, B. J., LeBel, D. P., Faulhaber, J., Apfel, L. S., & Witcher, M. R. (2022). Successful Treatment of a Balamuthia mandrillaris Cerebral Abscess in a Pediatric Patient With Complete Surgical Resection and Antimicrobial Therapy. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 41(2), e54-e57. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003418
Cuoco, Joshua A, et al. "Successful Treatment of a Balamuthia mandrillaris Cerebral Abscess in a Pediatric Patient With Complete Surgical Resection and Antimicrobial Therapy." The Pediatric infectious disease journal vol. 41,2 (2022): e54-e57. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003418
Cuoco JA, Klein BJ, LeBel DP, Faulhaber J, Apfel LS, Witcher MR. Successful Treatment of a Balamuthia mandrillaris Cerebral Abscess in a Pediatric Patient With Complete Surgical Resection and Antimicrobial Therapy. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 Feb 01;41(2):e54-e57. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003418. PMID: 34862343.
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Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 Feb 01;41(2):e54-e57. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003418.

Successful Treatment of a Balamuthia mandrillaris Cerebral Abscess in a Pediatric Patient With Complete Surgical Resection and Antimicrobial Therapy.

The Pediatric infectious disease journal

Joshua A Cuoco, Brendan J Klein, David P LeBel, Jason Faulhaber, Lisa S Apfel, Mark R Witcher

Affiliations

  1. From the Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, Virginia.
  2. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.
  3. School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
  4. Dominion Pathology Associations, Roanoke, Virginia.
  5. Department of Infectious Diseases, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, Virginia.

PMID: 34862343 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003418

Abstract

Cerebral amebic encephalitis due to Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare yet typically fatal disease. As such, identification of the clinical characteristics, appropriate diagnostic workup and commencement of treatment is frequently delayed. Here, we present a case of a 4-year-old male with a B. mandrillaris cerebral abscess successfully treated with expedited neurosurgical resection and broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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