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Balamuthia mandrillaris – a brief overview of the parasite causing encephalitis

open access: yes
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a unicellular protist, known to cause infection of the central nervous system. The life cycle of B. mandrillaris is divided into vegetative, infectious trophozoites and dormant cysts. The ability of B. mandrillaris to produce a
Rizvi, Zainab   +3 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris: role of galactose in encystment and identification of potential inhibitory targets

open access: yes, 2009
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a causative agent of granulomatous encephalitis that almost always proves fatal. A major concern during the course of therapy is that B. mandrillaris can transform into cysts. Cysts are highly resistant to physical and chemical
Siddiqui, R.   +4 more
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Delivery of amphotericin B nanosuspensions to the brain and determination of activity against Balamuthia mandrillaris amebas

open access: yes, 2010
Amphotericin B was formulated as nanosuspensions to develop a nanoparticulate brain delivery system. Nanosuspensions were produced with different surfactant solutions by high-pressure homogenization and then characterized by laser diffractometry and ...
Kiderlen, Albrecht F.   +3 more
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Encefalitis granulomatosa amibiana en paciente inmunocompetente

open access: yesRevista Venezolana de Salud Pública, 2018
La encefalitis amibiana granulomatosa es una entidad clínica infrecuente, generalmente presente en personas inmunocomprometidas,donde los pocos casos reportados en la literatura se deben a infecciones por amebas de vida libre presentes en todo el mundo ...
Roberto Matos   +3 more
doaj  

Amebiasis del sistema nervioso central: reporte de seis casos en el Perú

open access: yesRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
Se reportan seis casos de encefalitis amebiana admitidos en el Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas entre los años 1994-2010 en Perú; estos casos ingresaron por sospecha clínica de tumor cerebral primario maligno y uno como sarcoma orbito-nasal.
Enrique Orrego-Puelles   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Clinical Profile, Epidemiology, and Outcomes of Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Forum Infect Dis
Gupta N   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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