 Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections
"Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infections of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges by single celled organisms of the former subkingdom known as protozoa. The central nervous system may be the primary or secondary site of protozoal infection. These diseases may occur as OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS or arise in immunocompetent hosts.
| Descriptor ID |
D020808
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.105.300 C03.752.100 C10.228.228.205.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections- Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections
- Infections, Protozoal, Central Nervous System
- Protozoal Infections, Central Nervous System
- Infection, Central Nervous System, Protozoal
Cerebral Protozoal Infections- Cerebral Protozoal Infections
- Cerebral Protozoal Infection
- Infection, Cerebral Protozoal
- Infections, Cerebral Protozoal
- Protozoal Infection, Cerebral
- Protozoal Infections, Cerebral
Meningoencephalitis, Protozoal- Meningoencephalitis, Protozoal
- Meningoencephalitides, Protozoal
- Protozoal Meningoencephalitides
- Protozoal Meningoencephalitis
Amebic Meningoencephalitis- Amebic Meningoencephalitis
- Amebic Meningoencephalitides
- Meningoencephalitides, Amebic
- Meningoencephalitis, Amebic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Linam WM, Cope JR. Naegleria fowleri infections. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Nov - Dec; 20:65.
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Pugh JJ, Levy RA. Naegleria fowleri: Diagnosis, Pathophysiology of Brain Inflammation, and Antimicrobial Treatments. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2016 09 21; 7(9):1178-9.
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Sherin K, Linam WM, Jett S. Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis as Cause of Headache and Fever. Am Fam Physician. 2016 Apr 15; 93(8):644.
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Dunn AL, Reed T, Stewart C, Levy RA. Naegleria fowleri That Induces Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis: Rapid Diagnosis and Rare Case of Survival in a 12-Year-Old Caucasian Girl. Lab Med. 2016 May; 47(2):149-54.
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Linam WM, Ahmed M, Cope JR, Chu C, Visvesvara GS, da Silva AJ, Qvarnstrom Y, Green J. Successful treatment of an adolescent with Naegleria fowleri primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Pediatrics. 2015 Mar; 135(3):e744-8.
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