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Seasonal Host Shifts for Legionella Within an Industrial Water‐Cooling System

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 17, Issue 4, August 2025.
Taxonomic profiling for Legionella (the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease) and protist hosts within a water cooling tower showed seasonal peaks for Legionella that were associated with taxonomic shifts in the protist community. Legionella frequency was tracked using amplicon sequencing (blue line) and serogroup profiling (red line).
Suzanne Crull, Emlyn Hammer, Allison E. Mann, Lauren M. O'Connell, Ashlyn Soule, Elizabeth Griffith, Thomas Blouin, Robin L. Brigmon, Vincent P. Richards   +8 more
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Rare Infectious Diseases: Detection and Clinical Implications

iLABMED, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page 148-157, June 2025.
Rare infectious diseases are infections that are uncommon, have a low incidence, and are caused by newly emerging pathogens, cross‐species or ectopic infections, or host immunodeficiencies. The detection and diagnosis of rare infections is one of the main reasons for misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis.
Xin Qian, Yuxin Zhang, Yilin Ye, Qiange Lin, Junyou Lin, Xinrong Lu, Li Chen, Guiqin Sun   +7 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment

, 2020
Introduction: Balamuthia mandrillaris is known to cause a fatal infection of the central nervous system termed granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). Cases of GAE by B.
Mungroo, Mohammad Ridwane, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Khan, Naveed Ahmed   +2 more
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Pathogenic free-living amoebic encephalitis from 48 cases in China: A systematic review

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
BackgroundFree-living amoebae (FLA) including Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris can become pathogenic and cause severe cerebral infections, named primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), granulomatous amoebic ...
Xiang-Ting Chen, Qian Zhang, Si-Yuan Wen, Fei-Fei Chen, Chang-Qing Zhou   +4 more
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Clinical, Laboratory Characteristics, and Microorganism Infection Status in Neonates With Meningitis in Vietnam: A Cross‐Sectional Descriptive Study

International Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Objective This study is aimed at describing the clinical and laboratory characteristics and determining the prevalence of microbial pathogens causing neonatal meningitis detected by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) real‐time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Materials and Methods A cross‐sectional descriptive study was conducted on 55 neonates diagnosed with ...
Tho Kieu Anh Pham, Binh Thien Nguyen, Phuong Minh Nguyen, Khai Quang Tran, Nikhat Kaura   +4 more
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Successful treatment of balamuthia mandrillaris amebic encephalitis diagnosed by MetaCAP in China: A case report and review of 25 survival cases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living amoeba, can cause Balamuthia amebic encephalitis (BAE), a rare and often fatal cerebral infection. The reported mortality rate is >90%, largely attributable to the absence of specific clinical manifestations ...
Yuanwen Zhang, Ji Xia, Zengyun Qiu, Songqin Tian, Jialin Wang, Xiaotong Ren, Mengjia Chen   +6 more
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Isolation and identification of free-living amoeba from the hot springs and beaches of the Caspian Sea

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2020
Free-living amoeba (FLA) such as Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, Balamuthia, and Vermamoeba have been identified from both natural and human-made environments such as Hot springs and spa. Naegleria fowleri causes Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), while
Alireza Latifi, Mahboobeh Salami, Elham Kazemirad, Mohammad Soleimani   +3 more
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Phenotypic assay for cytotoxicity assessment of Balamuthia mandrillaris against human neurospheroids

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionThe phenotypic screening of drugs against Balamuthia mandrillaris, a neuropathogenic amoeba, involves two simultaneous phases: an initial step to test amoebicidal activity followed by an assay for cytotoxicity to host cells.
Narisara Whangviboonkij, Worakamol Pengsart, Zhenzhong Chen, Seokgyu Han, Sungsu Park, Sungsu Park, Sungsu Park, Kasem Kulkeaw   +7 more
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Modelling dynamics between free‐living amoebae and bacteria

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 26, Issue 5, May 2024.
This review scrutinizes mathematical models designed to simulate the interactions between free‐living amoebae and bacteria. Identified gaps encompass (1) the necessity to tackle complexities such as spatial heterogeneity and population diversity; and (2) the essential understanding of the system.
Marwa Ali, Christopher A. Rice, Andrew W. Byrne, Philip E. Paré, Wendy Beauvais   +4 more
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Disseminated Infection with Balamuthia mandrillaris in a Dog [PDF]

Veterinary Pathology, 2004
Bilateral chronic granulomatous nephritis and meningoencephalitis were diagnosed on necropsy of a 2-year-old male Great Dane dog. The causative agent was identified as Balamuthia mandrillaris, based on morphologic features, immunohistochemical staining, and deoxyribonucleic acid detection using the polymerase chain reaction with newly designed primer ...
O, Foreman, J, Sykes, L, Ball, N, Yang, H, De Cock   +4 more
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