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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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A Case of Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis [PDF]
Archives of Neurology, 2000 Balamuthia mandrillaris is a newly described pathogen that causes granulomatous amebic encephalitis, an extremely rare clinical entity that usually occurs in immunosuppressed individuals. We report a case of pathologically proven Balamuthia encephalitis with unusual laboratory and radiologic findings.
J D, Katz +4 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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mBio, 2018 Balamuthia mandrillaris is a pathogenic free-living amoeba that causes a rare but almost always fatal infection of the central nervous system called granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). Two distinct forms of B.
Matthew T. Laurie +9 more
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Isolation and identification of free-living amoeba from contact lenses: Thermal and osmotic tolerance in relation to their pathogenicity. [PDF]
Assiut University Journal of Multidisciplinary Scientific Research, 2022 Free-living amoeba (FLA) such as Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleria fowleri, Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Sappinia diploidea are widely distributed natural and human-made environments which may cause human diseases. For example, N.
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A 76‐year‐old male with multiple enhancing brain lesions
, 2022 Brain Pathology, Volume 32, Issue 3, May 2022.
Kathryn L. Eschbacher +5 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris resistance to hostile conditions [PDF]
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2008 The resistance of Balamuthia mandrillaris to physical, chemical and radiological conditions was tested. Following treatments, viability was determined by culturing amoebae on human brain microvascular endothelial cells for up to 12 days. B. mandrillaris cysts were resistant to repeated freeze–thawing (five times), temperatures of up to 70 °C, 0.5 % SDS,
Ortega Rivas, Antonio +2 more
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Fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris brain infection associated with improper nasal lavage
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 We report the case of a 69-year-old female who presented with a chronic nasal skin rash, new onset focal seizure, and a cerebral ring-enhancing lesion after a year of improper nasal irrigation.
Keenan J. Piper +5 more
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Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis
IDCases, 2019 The free-living amoebae are thermophilic organisms that may play an increasing role among diseases of a warming world. They are uncommon, accidental, yet high consequence pathogens, with differing pathologic syndromes.
Sandra G. Gompf, Cristina Garcia
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