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Influence of the Age of Free-Living Amoeba Cysts on Their Vertical Distribution in a Water Column

Microorganisms
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are widely distributed protozoa in both natural and artificial environments such as drinking water. In addition to the ability of all FLA to transport various pathogenic microorganisms, certain species, such as Acanthamoeba spp.
Zineb Fechtali-Moute, Sébastien Pomel
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Balamuthia mandrillaris brain abscess successfully treated with complete surgical excision and prolonged combination antimicrobial therapy

, 2011
Amoebic encephalitis is an uncommon and usually fatal condition. This case describes successful treatment of a Balamuthia mandrillaris brain abscess using prolonged antimicrobial agents with complete excision.
Andrew Fuller, Rhoda Cameron, Sharon R. Lewin, Gregory Malham, Joseph S. Doyle, Emer Campbell, Denis W. Spelman, Douglas Gin   +7 more
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Recognition of Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae in the Surface Water in Shiraz, Iran [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2014
Background: There are many genera of free-living amoeba in the environment, but members of only four genera (Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia and Sappinia) have an association with human infection.
Behnam Mohammadi- Ghalehbin, Gholam Reza Hatam, Iraj Mohammad-Pour, Nafise Ghobakhloo, Faeze Foroughi- Parvar   +4 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
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. METHODS: In this study, we sequenced a full
Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, Bette K, Dominguez, Samuel R, Dunnebacke, Thelma, Chiu, Charles Y, Nomura, Yosuke, Glaser, Carol, Mirsky, David, Press, Craig A, Messacar, Kevin, Yagi, Shigeo, Bouquet, Jerome, Greninger, Alexander L, Vollmer, Michael, Naccache, Samia N, Federman, Scot   +14 more
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Presence of rotavirus and free-living amoebae in the water supplies of Karachi, Pakistan

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Rotavirus and pathogenic free-living amoebae are causative agents of important health problems, especially for developing countries like Pakistan where the population has limited access to clean water supplies.
Farzana Abubakar Yousuf, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan   +2 more
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Diagnosing Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis with Metagenomic Deep Sequencing [PDF]

, 2015
Objective Identification of a particular cause of meningoencephalitis can be challenging owing to the myriad bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites that can produce overlapping clinical phenotypes, frequently delaying diagnosis and therapy.
Wood, MD, Bollen, A, Reid, MJ, Singhal, NS, Ali, IKM, DeRisi, JL, Wilson, MR, Benkli, B, Sample, HA, Gelfand, JM, Keating, MK, Dunnebacke, TH, O'Donovan, BD, Shanbhag, NM   +13 more
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A Descriptive Review of Balamuthia and Non-Keratitis Acanthamoeba Cases in the United States, 1955-2009

, 2011
Free-living amebae are ubiquitous in the environment and occasionally invade and parasitize host tissues causing illness in humans. Despite possibly frequent exposure to these organisms, infection is rare and why some people, healthy or not, end up with
Moser, Melanie A.
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Balamuthia Mandrillaris Encephalitis: Slow but Lethal March Towards the Brain

Balamuthia mandrillaris causes granulomatous amebic encephalitis. It is puzzling that unlike many blood-borne pathogens that can invade the central nervous system within hours, B.
Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Maciver, Sutherland Kester   +2 more
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Fatal consequences of freshwater pearl diving. [PDF]

, 2013
Baker, S, Campbell, James, Hoang Mai, NT, Campbell, J, Nga, TV, Man, DN, Loc, Pham Phu, Thai, CQ, Thai, Cao Quang, Chau, Tran Thi Hong, Loc, PP, Thai, LH, Whitehorn, J, Phu, NH, Nghia, HD, Thai, Le Hong, Man, Dinh Nguyen Huy, Phuong, Tran My, Phuong, TM, Van Vinh Chau, Nguyen, Whitehorn, James, Chau, TT, Phu, Nguyen Hoan, Hoang Mai, Nguyen Thi, Van Vinh Chau, N, Nga, Tran Vu Thieu, Baker, Stephen, Nghia, Ho Dang Trung   +27 more
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Challenges and advances in the medical treatment of granulomatous amebic encephalitis

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Granulomatous amebic encephalitis, caused by the free-living amebae Balamuthia mandrillaris or Acanthamoeba species, is a rare and deadly infectious syndrome with a current mortality rate of >90%.
Natasha Spottiswoode, Julia C. Haston, Natasha W. Hanners, Katherine Gruenberg, Annie Kim, Joseph L. DeRisi, Michael R. Wilson   +6 more
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