TY - JOUR T1 - Successful treatment of Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic infection with extensive neurological and cutaneous involvement JF - Clin Infect Dis Y1 - 2010 A1 - Martinez,D. Y. A1 - Seas,C. A1 - Bravo,F. A1 - Legua,P. A1 - Ramos,C. A1 - Cabello,A. M. A1 - Gotuzzo,E. KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Albendazole / therapeutic use KW - Amebiasis / *drug therapy / *parasitology / pathology KW - Amoebozoa / classification / *isolation & purification KW - Antiprotozoal Agents / *therapeutic use KW - Brain / radiography KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Encephalitis / *drug therapy / parasitology KW - Female KW - Fluconazole / therapeutic use KW - Histocytochemistry KW - Humans KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Phosphorylcholine / analogs & derivatives / therapeutic use KW - Skin Diseases, Parasitic / *drug therapy / parasitology / pathology KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Young Adult AB - 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. VL - 51 CP - 2 N1 - Martinez, Dalila Y Seas, Carlos Bravo, Francisco Legua, Pedro Ramos, Cesar Cabello, Alfonso M Gotuzzo, Eduardo Case Reports Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov'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. ID - 967 ER -