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Balamuthia mandrillaris presenting as central nervous system vasculitis in a young child

Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare and difficult-to-diagnose infection with high mortality. We present the case of an immunocompetent toddler presenting with central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis.
Katelyn Liston, Brandon Maust, Surabhi Vora, Emily Anne Carsello, Stephen Wong, Lindsey Morgan, Jason Wright, Gail Deutsch   +7 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
doaj   +1 more source

Balamuthia mandrillaris [PDF]

, 2020
openaire   +1 more source

Balamuthia mandrillaris – a brief overview of the parasite causing encephalitis

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, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Maciver, Sutherland Kester   +3 more
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Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Balamuthia mandrillaris Infection, China. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Yang T, Lei Y, Feng X, Yao Z, Zhang Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Open Forum Infect Dis
Gupta N, Singh S, Salian K, Singh S, Das Adhikari S, Gupta M, Boodman C, Grobusch MP, Kumar TP.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating Molecular Pathogenesis and Host Response into a Digital Twin Framework for Predicting Therapeutic Outcomes in <i>Balamuthia mandrillaris</i> Encephalitis. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Siddiqui R, Maciver SK, Khan NA.
europepmc   +1 more source

A unified digital twin framework for predicting therapeutic response to central nervous system infections by pathogenic free-living amoebae. [PDF]

Parasitol Res
Siddiqui R, Maciver SK, Lloyd D, Khan NA.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba sp. with bacterial co-infection in an immunocompetent critically ill patient: A case report and review of the literature. [PDF]

IDCases
Boukoub N, Amjoud H, Fahde S, ELKhayari M, ELHakkouni A, Hachimi A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fatal Case of Balamuthia Amoebic Encephalitis in a Patient With MOG Antibody-Associated Disease. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Li W, Xudong Y, Leshi Z, Hanming G, Shilin L, Yanfei W, Nannan H, Gejuan Z, Mingze C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source