Biomaterial Database

Photo Quiz: An 8-Year-Old Boy with Meningoencephalitis. 2016

Steven D Dallas, and Leslie J Greebon, and Jesse C Qiao, and Komal Arora

Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA dallass@uthscsa.edu.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008590	Meningoencephalitis	An inflammatory process involving the brain (ENCEPHALITIS) and meninges (MENINGITIS), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions.	Cerebromeningitis,Encephalomeningitis,Cerebromeningitides,Encephalomeningitides,Meningoencephalitides
D002555	Cerebrospinal Fluid	A watery fluid that is continuously produced in the CHOROID PLEXUS and circulates around the surface of the BRAIN; SPINAL CORD; and in the CEREBRAL VENTRICLES.	Cerebro Spinal Fluid,Cerebro Spinal Fluids,Cerebrospinal Fluids,Fluid, Cerebro Spinal,Fluid, Cerebrospinal,Fluids, Cerebro Spinal,Fluids, Cerebrospinal,Spinal Fluid, Cerebro,Spinal Fluids, Cerebro
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016848	Naegleria fowleri	A species of parasitic protozoa having both an ameboid and flagellate stage in its life cycle. Infection with this pathogen produces PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS.	Naegleria fowlerus,fowlerus, Naegleria
D020808	Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections	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.	CNS Protozoal Infections,Cerebral Protozoal Infections,Meningoencephalitis, Protozoal,Protozoal Infections, Central Nervous System,Acanthamoeba Meningoencephalitis,Amebic Meningoencephalitis,Balamuthia mandrillaris CNS Infection,Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis,Infection, Central Nervous System, Protozoal,Infections, Protozoal, Central Nervous System,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,CNS Protozoal Infection,Cerebral Protozoal Infection,Infection, CNS Protozoal,Infection, Cerebral Protozoal,Infection, Naegleria fowleri,Infections, CNS Protozoal,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, CNS,Protozoal Infection, Cerebral,Protozoal Infections, CNS,Protozoal Meningoencephalitides,Sappinia diploidea Meningoencephalitides