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Fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris brain infection associated with improper nasal lavage
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 We report the case of a 69-year-old female who presented with a chronic nasal skin rash, new onset focal seizure, and a cerebral ring-enhancing lesion after a year of improper nasal irrigation.
Keenan J. Piper +5 more
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Microorganisms, 2023 Acanthamoeba castellanii genotype T4 is a clinically significant free-living amoeba that causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and amoebic keratitis in human beings.
Gerardo Ramírez-Rico +7 more
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Diagnosing Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis via next-generation sequencing in a 13-year-old girl
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020 Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis has a subacute-to-chronic course and is almost invariably fatal owing to delayed diagnosis and a lack of effective therapy.
Xia Wu +6 more
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Drugs used for the treatment of cerebral and disseminated infections caused by free‐living amoebae
Clinical and Translational Science, 2021 Free‐living amoebae (FLAs) are protozoa developing autonomously in diverse natural or artificial environments. The FLAs Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri represent a risk for human health as they can become pathogenic and ...
Alexandre Taravaud +3 more
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Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2009 Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Sappinia sp. are pathogenic free-living amoebae. N. fowleri causes Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, a rapidly fatal disease of the central nervous system, while Acanthamoeba spp.
Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo +2 more
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Amebiasis of the central nervous system: report of six cases in Peru
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015 Six cases of amoebic encephalitis admitted to the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases between the years 1994-2010 in Peru are reported. These cases were admitted for clinical suspicion of malignant primary brain tumor and one orbital-nasal sarcoma.
Enrique Orrego-Puelles +5 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis in an uncontrolled diabetic patient
IDCases, 2021 Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba that may result in a disseminated infection of the central nervous system called granulomatous amoebic encephalitis.
Valli Mani, Eric Hudgins
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Antiamoebic Properties of Metabolites against Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris
Antibiotics, 2022 Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris are free-living, opportunistic protists, distributed widely in the environment. They are responsible for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), the fatal ...
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui +7 more
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A case of fatal amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris, China.
Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2021 We reported a case of B.mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis in mainland China. Metagenomics next-generation sequencing helped initial diagnosis and then polymerase chain reaction of the B.mandrillaris in the infected nasal skin tissues reported positive ...
Jing-Wen Ai +6 more
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Successful Treatment of Disseminated Acanthamoeba sp. Infection with Miltefosine
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 We report on an HIV-negative but immunocompromised patient with disseminated acanthamoebiasis, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, and underlying miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis.
Alexander C. Aichelburg +8 more
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