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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for diagnosis of fatal Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis

Infection, Genetics and Evolution
INTRODUCTION Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE), caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris, is a rare and life-threatening infectious disease with no specific and effective treatments available.
Lixia Qin, Ziwei Wu, Qihua Chen
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Fatal amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in Pongo pygmaeus and first case report in Pan troglodytes verus [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Balamuthia mandrillaris is an amoeba that can cause granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) as well as lung and skin infections in both humans and animals. Studies on B. mandrillaris-related GAE cases have increased in recent years. This amoeba has been
Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Loles Carbonell, Jesús Recuero-Gil, Javier Martinez, Rosa Martinez-Valverde, Carmen Martinez-Fernandez, Joaquín Ortega-Porcel, Agustín Barragán Hernández, Juan M. Corpa, Estefanía Montero Cortijo, Jesús Sánchez-Nicolás, Sergio Moya, Patricia Pérez-Pérez, Patricia Pérez-Pérez, María Reyes-Batlle, María Reyes-Batlle, María Reyes-Batlle, Angélica Domíngez-de-Barros, Angélica Domíngez-de-Barros, Omar García-Pérez, Omar García-Pérez, Angela Magnet, Fernando Izquierdo, Soledad Fenoy, Carmen del Águila, Elizabeth Córdoba-Lanús, Elizabeth Córdoba-Lanús, Francisco de Asis García-González, Miguel Casares, José E. Piñero, José E. Piñero, José E. Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales   +36 more
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Pathogenic free-living amoebic encephalitis in Japan

Neuropathology, 2019
Over 600 cases of amoebic encephalitis caused by pathogenic free‐living amoebas (Balamuthia mandrillaris, Acanthamoeba spp., and Naegleria fowleri) have been reported worldwide, and in Japan, 24 cases have been reported from the first case in 1976 up to ...
Tatsuru Hara, Yasuo Sugita, Kenji Yagita
exaly   +2 more sources

Repurposing CNS drugs Zonisamide and Perampanel conjugated with silver nanoparticles as an anti-amoebic agent in combating Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) infection caused by Acanthamoeba castellanii and Naegleria Fowleri [PDF]

Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Acanthamoeba castellanii (A. castellanii) and Naegleria fowleri (N. fowleri) are free-living amoebae that cause Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), respectively rare but often fatal central nervous ...
Devandran Apparasamy, Niwasini Krishna Kumar, Chris Izaak Jones, Yee Mon Htet, Haema Thevanayagam, Usman Ahmed, Mohd Farooq Shaik, Ayaz Anwar, Kavitha Rajendran   +8 more
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Encephalitis-causing free-living amoebic infections in children: A rare and fatal disease. [PDF]

Surg Neurol Int
Background Brain infection by free-living amoebae can present as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis if caused by Acanthamoeba spp. or Balamuthia mandrillaris, or as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis if caused by Naegleria fowleri, the latter with high ...
Vargas-Urbina J, Martinez-Silva R, Rojas-Panta G, Ponce-Manrique G, Flores-Castillo J, Martínez DY, Cabello-Vilchez AM, Cabrera-Enriquez JA.   +7 more
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis presenting as a solitary mass lesion

Radiology of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis is a rare progressive infectious disease of the central nervous system with a high mortality rate. It usually presents as multiple ring-enhancing lesions in the brain with surrounding edema evident, while the ...
Nianxia Fu, Jianxun Song
exaly   +2 more sources

Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba in a Patient With Kidney Transplant: A Case Report. [PDF]

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2015
Ahmad Salameh
exaly   +2 more sources

New Insights in Acanthamoeba

Pathogens, 2022
Acanthamoeba is a free-living amoeba genus able to cause severe infections, such as Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), epithelial disorders and a sight-threatening disease called Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) [...]
María Reyes-Batlle, Ines Sifaoui, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, José E. Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales   +4 more
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Encephalomyelitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in a Woman With Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Balamuthia mandrillaris is one cause of a rare and severe brain infection called granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), which has a mortality rate of >90%. Diagnosis of Balamuthia GAE is difficult because symptoms are non-specific.
Juan Hu, Yiqi Zhang, Yongwei Yu, Huili Yu, Siruo Guo, Ding Shi, Jianqin He, Chi Hu, Jiqi Yang, Xueling Fang, Yonghong Xiao   +10 more
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Distribution and Current State of Molecular Genetic Characterization in Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae

Pathogens, 2022
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are protozoa widely distributed in the environment, found in a great diversity of terrestrial biomes. Some genera of FLA are linked to human infections.
Alejandro Otero-Ruiz, Leobardo Daniel Gonzalez-Zuñiga, Libia Zulema Rodriguez-Anaya, Luis Fernando Lares-Jiménez, Jose Reyes Gonzalez-Galaviz, Fernando Lares-Villa   +5 more
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