TY - JOUR T1 - Fatal subacute necrotising brainstem encephalitis in a young man due to a rare parasitic (Balamuthia) infection JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 112 LP - 117 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.2007.142547 VL - 8 IS - 2 AU - K Prasad AU - R Bhatia AU - M V P Srivastava AU - V Pardasani AU - A Garg AU - A Rishi Y1 - 2008/04/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/8/2/112.abstract N2 - We describe a case of brainstem inflammation in a young man which at first defied diagnosis. However, after his death, and notwithstanding our inability to find a cause at autopsy, we did not give up. After sending paraffin blocks to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, they suggested the diagnosis of Balamuthia (amoebic) infection. ER -