@article {967,
	title = {Successful treatment of Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic infection with extensive neurological and cutaneous involvement},
	journal = {Clin Infect Dis},
	volume = {51},
	year = {2010},
	note = {Martinez, Dalila Y Seas, Carlos Bravo, Francisco Legua, Pedro Ramos, Cesar Cabello, Alfonso M Gotuzzo, Eduardo Case Reports Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t United States Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 15;51(2):e7-11.},
	month = {Jul 15},
	pages = {e7 - 11},
	edition = {40346},
	abstract = {Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris is an uncommon infection for which there is no optimal therapy. We describe a young, female patient who presented with extensive cutaneous and neurological involvement and who recovered after receiving prolonged treatment with miltefosine, fluconazole, and albendazole.},
	keywords = {Adult, Aged, Albendazole / therapeutic use, Amebiasis / *drug therapy / *parasitology / pathology, Amoebozoa / classification / *isolation \& purification, Antiprotozoal Agents / *therapeutic use, Brain / radiography, Child, Child, Preschool, Encephalitis / *drug therapy / parasitology, Female, Fluconazole / therapeutic use, Histocytochemistry, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Phosphorylcholine / analogs \& derivatives / therapeutic use, Skin Diseases, Parasitic / *drug therapy / parasitology / pathology, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult},
	issn = {1537-6591 (Electronic) 1058-4838 (Linking)},
	doi = {10.1086/653609},
	author = {Martinez,D. Y. and Seas,C. and Bravo,F. and Legua,P. and Ramos,C. and Cabello,A. M. and Gotuzzo,E.}
}
