Encephalitis-causing free-living amoebic infections in children: A rare and fatal disease
Brain infection by free-living amoebae is a disease with high morbimortality, which requires early diagnosis for a better prognosis if long-term combined treatment is established.
Authors
- John Vargas‐Urbina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-8713)
- John Cabrera-Enríquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0770-505X)
- Raúl Martinez-Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8386-571X)
- Alfonso Martín Cabello‐Vílchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-6042)
- Giuseppe Rojas-Panta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0222-3833)
- Jerson Flores-Castillo
- Dalila Y. Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6118-3675)
- Gabriel Ponce-Manrique
Institutions
- International Potato Center (PE)
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (PE)
- Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- Hospital Base Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen (PE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Neurology International
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25259/sni_65_2025
- Primary Topic
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00