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Abstract
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.
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- CNS Protozoal Infections
- Infection, Central Nervous System, Protozoal
- Infections, Protozoal, Central Nervous System
- Protozoal Infections, Central Nervous System
- CNS Protozoal Infection
- Infection, CNS Protozoal
- Infections, CNS Protozoal
- Protozoal Infection, CNS
- Protozoal Infections, CNS
- Acanthamoeba Meningoencephalitis
- Amebic Meningoencephalitis
- Balamuthia mandrillaris CNS Infection
- Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis
- Cerebral Protozoal Infections
- Meningoencephalitis, Protozoal
- Naegleria fowleri Infection
- Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis
- Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
- Protozoal Infections, Cerebral
- Protozoal Meningoencephalitis
- Sappinia diploidea Meningoencephalitis
- Acanthamoeba Meningoencephalitides
- Amebic Meningoencephalitides
- Amebic Meningoencephalitides, Primary
- Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Primary
- Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitides
- Cerebral Protozoal Infection
- Infection, Cerebral Protozoal
- Infection, Naegleria fowleri
- Meningoencephalitides, Acanthamoeba
- Meningoencephalitides, Amebic
- Meningoencephalitides, Balamuthia mandrillaris
- Meningoencephalitides, Naegleria fowleri
- Meningoencephalitides, Primary Amebic
- Meningoencephalitides, Protozoal
- Meningoencephalitides, Sappinia diploidea
- Meningoencephalitis, Acanthamoeba
- Meningoencephalitis, Amebic
- Meningoencephalitis, Balamuthia mandrillaris
- Meningoencephalitis, Naegleria fowleri
- Meningoencephalitis, Primary Amebic
- Meningoencephalitis, Sappinia diploidea
- Naegleria fowleri Infections
- Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitides
- Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitides
- Protozoal Infection, Cerebral
- Protozoal Meningoencephalitides
- Sappinia diploidea Meningoencephalitides
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with specific protozoan infection and specific site/disease term if pertinent
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2000
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- Amebiasis (1966-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020808. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020808
- Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54944161