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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Balamuthia mandrillaris is one cause of a rare and severe brain infection called granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), which has a mortality rate of >90%. Diagnosis of Balamuthia GAE is difficult because symptoms are non-specific.
Juan Hu +10 more
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JMM Case Reports, 2016 Introduction: This case report describes a human survivor of Balamuthia mandrillaris infection. This is a free-living amoeba that can cause infection with the devastating consequence of near universally fatal encephalitis. We report this case to demonstrate the possibility of recovery.
Vollmer, Michael Eric, Glaser, Carol
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Guidelines for the purification and characterization of extracellular vesicles of parasites
Journal of Extracellular Biology, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Parasites are responsible for the most neglected tropical diseases, affecting over a billion people worldwide (WHO, 2015) and accounting for billions of cases a year and responsible for several millions of deaths. Research on extracellular vesicles (EVs) has increased in recent years and demonstrated that EVs shed by pathogenic parasites ...
Carmen Fernandez‐Becerra +30 more
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The transcriptome of Balamuthia mandrillaris trophozoites for structure-guided drug design
Scientific Reports, 2021 Balamuthia mandrillaris, a pathogenic free-living amoeba, causes cutaneous skin lesions as well as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a ‘brain-eating’ disease.
Isabelle Q. Phan +12 more
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Neuropathology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 190-196, June 2022., 2022 An 82‐year‐old man, who was healthy and had worked as a farmer, experienced worsening neurological symptoms over a seven‐month period, which eventually caused his death. Multiple fluctuating brain lesions were detected radiographically. Clinically, sarcoidosis was ranked high among the differential diagnoses because of the presence of skin lesions ...
Tatsuro Maehara +10 more
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Free‐Living Amoebas in Extreme Environments: The True Survival in our Planet
BioMed Research International, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Free‐living amoebas (FLAs) are microorganisms, unicellular protozoa widely distributed in nature and present in different environments, such as water or soil; they are maintained in ecosystems and play a fundamental role in the biological control of bacteria, other protozoa, and mushrooms.
Camila Salazar-Ardiles +3 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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Disseminated Balamuthia mandrillaris Infection [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015 ABSTRACTBalamuthia mandrillarisis a rare cause of human infection, but when infections do occur, they result in high rates of morbidity and mortality. A case of disseminatedBalamuthiainfection is presented. Early diagnosis and initiation of recommended therapy are essential for increased chances of successful outcomes.
Katherine R, Schafer +7 more
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MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2021., 2021 Free‐living amoebas (FLA) and pathogenic bacteria represent a risk in swimming pools. This work aimed to study the physicochemical characteristics and the occurrence of potentially pathogenic FLA and bacteria in water samples from 20 public indoor swimming facilities in northern Portugal.
María Reyes‐Batlle +8 more
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The S100 Protein Family as Players and Therapeutic Targets in Pulmonary Diseases
Pulmonary Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 The S100 protein family consists of over 20 members in humans that are involved in many intracellular and extracellular processes, including proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, Ca2+ homeostasis, energy metabolism, inflammation, tissue repair, and migration/invasion.
Zeeshan Sattar +5 more
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