RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fatal subacute necrotising brainstem encephalitis in a young man due to a rare parasitic (Balamuthia) infection
JF Practical Neurology
JO Pract Neurol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 112
OP 117
DO 10.1136/jnnp.2007.142547
VO 8
IS 2
A1 K Prasad
A1 R Bhatia
A1 M V P Srivastava
A1 V Pardasani
A1 A Garg
A1 A Rishi
YR 2008
UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/8/2/112.abstract
AB 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.