A rare case of multilocus brain abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica infection in a child

Gülden S. Tamer; Selim Öncel; Sevil Gökbulut; Emin S. Arisoy

doi:10.15537/smj.2015.3.10178

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A rare case of multilocus brain abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica infection in a child

Gülden S. Tamer, Selim Öncel, Sevil Gökbulut and Emin S. Arisoy

Saudi Medical Journal March 2015, 36 (3) 356-358; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.3.10178

Gülden S. Tamer

From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology (Tamer), and the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Oncel, Gokbulut, Ansoy) Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.

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Cranial MRI revealed multiple, contrast-dense masses (abscesses) with fluid content and circumferential edema in the right frontotemporoparietal region (arrows).
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Amebic trophozoites as shown with arrows. Note the neutrophilic and lymphomononuclear infiltrates (Hematoxylin & Eosin) (x400).
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Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites as shown with arrows (Masson’s trichrome stain x400).

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A rare case of multilocus brain abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica infection in a child

Gülden S. Tamer, Selim Öncel, Sevil Gökbulut, Emin S. Arisoy

Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2015, 36 (3) 356-358; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.3.10178

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A rare case of multilocus brain abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica infection in a child

Gülden S. Tamer, Selim Öncel, Sevil Gökbulut, Emin S. Arisoy

Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2015, 36 (3) 356-358; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.3.10178

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