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PRIMARY AMOEBIC MENINGO ENCEPHALITIS- A CASE STUDY

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2013
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is caused by the small, pathogenic, free-living amoeba Naegleria Fowleri, Acanthamoeba species and Balamuthia mandrillaris. The first of these, N.
Col Naila Azam ., Azhar Hayat .
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A rapid and reliable method for the clonal isolation of Acanthamoeba from environmental samples

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2012
Acanthamoeba are abundant in a wide range of environments, and some species are responsible for cutaneous infections, keratitis, and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE).
Janice Zanella, Sergio Olavo Pinto da Costa, Jucimar Zacaria, Sergio Echeverrigaray   +3 more
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A clinical case report of Balamuthia granulomatous amoebic encephalitis in a non-immunocompromised patient and literature review. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis, 2023
Liu J, Zhang W, Wu S, Zeng T, Luo F, Jiang Q, Yang R.   +6 more
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A patient with granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris survived with two excisions and medication. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis, 2022
Peng L, Zhou Q, Wu Y, Cao X, Lv Z, Su M, Yu Y, Huang W.   +7 more
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris.

Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 2013
A 51-year-old immunocompetent Japanese woman presented with a rare case of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris. She was brought to our hospital with epilepsy. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a homogeneously enhanced solitary mass in the left frontal lobe.
Kouji, Yamasaki, Tetsuaki, Sugimoto, Munetomo, Futami, Takuzo, Moriyama, Hisao, Uehara, Hideo, Takeshima, Sayaka, Moriguchi, Kousuke, Marutsuka, Yujiro, Asada   +8 more
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Clinical metagenomic identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis and assembly of the draft genome: The continuing case for reference genome sequencing

, 2015
© 2015 Greninger et al. Background: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare, often lethal, cause of encephalitis, for which early diagnosis and prompt initiation of combination antimicrobials may improve clinical outcomes.
Nomura, Y, Federman, S, Dunnebacke, T, Yagi, S, Mirsky, D, Bouquet, J, Messacar, K, Glaser, C, Chiu, Charles, Naccache, SN, Greninger, AL   +10 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis: Survival of a child with severe meningoencephalitis and review of the literature

, 2013
Balamuthia mandrillaris causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, which is frequently fatal. There are few reports of survival in children. A 4-year-old child developed severe meningoencephalitis with multiple intracranial ring-enhancing lesions ...
Campbell, Robert, Burke, Christopher, Nourse, Clare, McCrossin, David, Cherian, Sarah, Shahab, Mohammad Shekeeb, Visvesvara, Govinda S., Moriarty, Paul   +7 more
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Molecular Characterization of Pathogenic Isolated from Drinking and Recreational water in East Azerbaijan, Northwest Iran

Environmental Health Insights, 2015
Acanthamoeba -related infections, such as amoebic keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, can develop in high-risk population through contaminated water sources. Thus, surveying water resources, particularly those available for human use, is of
Hamed Behniafar, Maryam Niyyati, Zohreh Lasjerdi   +2 more
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Herpes simplex encephalitis initially presenting without fever or cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and with typical neuroimaging findings: a case report [PDF]

Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is a common viral encephalitis that can be fatal if not adequately treated. Fever, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis, and typical neuroimaging findings are commonly observed in HSE cases.
Woong-Woo Lee, Yong Soo Kim, Byung Kun Kim, Ilhan Yoo, Jung-Ju Lee, Yoonjeong Na   +5 more
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Erratum to: Clinical metagenomic identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis and assembly of the draft genome: The continuing case for reference genome sequencing [Genome Med. 7 (2015) 113]

, 2015
© 2015 Greninger et al. Background: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare, often lethal, cause of encephalitis, for which early diagnosis and prompt initiation of combination antimicrobials may improve clinical outcomes.
Nomura, Y, Federman, S, Dunnebacke, T, Yagi, S, Mirsky, D, Bouquet, J, Messacar, K, Glaser, C, Chiu, Charles, Naccache, SN, Greninger, AL   +10 more
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