Balamuthia amebic meningoencephalitis and mycotic aneurysms in an infant

Clare P Hill; Omprakash Damodaran; Peter Walsh; Gareth P Jevon; Christopher C Blyth

doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.05.003

Balamuthia amebic meningoencephalitis and mycotic aneurysms in an infant

Pediatr Neurol. 2011 Jul;45(1):45-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.05.003.

Authors

Clare P Hill¹, Omprakash Damodaran, Peter Walsh, Gareth P Jevon, Christopher C Blyth

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia.

PMID: 21723460
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.05.003

Abstract

Balamuthia amebic encephalitis is rarely reported in infants. To the best of our knowledge, amebic encephalitis complicated by a mycotic aneurysm was only described once. We report on an 8-month-child with laboratory-confirmed Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis, complicated by a mycotic aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amebiasis / complications
Aneurysm, Infected / complications*
Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis
Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology
Brain / microbiology
Brain / pathology
Female
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Meningoencephalitis / complications*
Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis
Meningoencephalitis / microbiology