Hartmannella vermiformis isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a Young male patient with meningoencephalitis and bronchopneumonia
Arch. med. res
; 27(4): 579-86, 1996. tab, ilus
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-200366
Biblioteca responsável:
MX1.1
RESUMO
Meningoencephalitis and bronchopneumonia were documented in a patient from Puebla, Mexico. The patient began with symptoms and signs of a common flu and 12 days after the onser of his disease he was admitted to the hospital presentin symptoms and signs of meningoencephalitis. The clinical course evolved into an endocraneal hypertension syndrome with bronchopneumonia, coma and death. Wide-spectrum antibiotics, immunosuppressive and anti-tuberculosis therapy were unsuccessfully administered. Important antecedents were degree I malnutrition and repeated contact with polluted water. Post-mortem autopzy was not performed. Gram-positive cocci were isolated from the spinal fluid 2 days after admission, and then active amebae were isolated from three different samples of the spinal fluid at days 16, 18 and 19 after admission. Such samples were concentrated and inoculated onto specific culture media. Identification of amebae was based on their morphology and biochemistry. All amebae were hartmannella veriformis. Amebae were apparently not the cause of the disease and might be considered as an opportunistic colonizer which may have caused the evolution of the disease to become worse
Buscar no Google
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Tuberculose
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Broncopneumonia
/
Microscopia Eletrônica
/
Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas
/
Terapia de Imunossupressão
/
Hartmannella
/
Meningoencefalite
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Adolescente
/
Humanos
/
Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Arch. med. res
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Artigo