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Balamuthia mandrillaris amebic encephalitis

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2007
Amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia spp is an increasingly recognized chronic granulomatous central nervous system infectious process, which may affect both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. The course of the disease is insidious and fatal in most cases, mainly due to delayed diagnosis, difficulty in isolation and/or ...
Maria T, Perez, Larry M, Bush
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Balamuthia mandrillaris from soil samples

Microbiology, 2004
Balamuthia mandrillarisamoebas are recognized as a causative agent of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a disease that is usually fatal. They were first recognized when isolated from the brain of a mandrill baboon that died in the San Diego Zoo Wild Life Animal Park. Subsequently, the amoebas have been found in a variety of animals, including humans (
Thelma H, Dunnebacke, Frederick L, Schuster, Shigeo, Yagi, Gregory C, Booton   +3 more
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Development of a Nested PCR for Environmental Detection of the Pathogenic Free-Living Amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2011
A DNA extraction and nested PCR method for detecting the pathogenic amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris from the environment was developed. Sixteen of 17 Californian soil samples were positive compared with 0/44 from the United Kingdom.
Simon Kilvington, Arine F Ahmad
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Amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris

Pediatric Neurology, 1994
Free-living amebae etiologically associated with central nervous system (CNS) infection in children have included Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, and recently, leptomyxid ameba. Two previously healthy children are reported with CNS infection caused by leptomyxid ameba, recently classified as Balamuthia mandrillaris.
D A, Griesemer, L L, Barton, C M, Reese, P C, Johnson, J A, Gabrielsen, D, Talwar, G S, Visvesvara   +6 more
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A rare survivor of Balamuthia granulomatous encephalitis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2011
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is a rapidly fatal nfection of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by Acanhamoeba spp. and the more recently described Balamuthia andrillaris. The insidious onset of GAE infection renders timely iagnosis difficult, and in combination with the lack of effecive antimicrobial therapy, there are few reports of ...
Elissa, Botterill, Gary, Yip
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Balamuthia mandrillaris: The multiple nuclei of Balamuthia amebas; their location, activity, and site of development

Experimental Parasitology, 2010
Multiple nuclei were first noted in the pseudopodia of Balamuthia mandrillaris amebas feeding on mammalian cells. Phase microscope observations of live amebas in vitro reveal that while many amebas have a single nucleus, others have multiple nuclear-like structures, now confirmed as nuclei with hematoxylin and Feulgen stains.
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