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Antiamoebic Properties of Metabolites against Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris

, 2022
Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris are free-living, opportunistic protists, distributed widely in the environment. They are responsible for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), the fatal ...
Ahmad M. Alharbi, Hasan Alfahemi, Alharbi, Ahmad M., Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Alfahemi, Hasan, Boghossian, Anania, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Anania Boghossian, Muhammad Raza Shah, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Bushra Khatoon, Shah, Muhammad Raza, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Khatoon, Bushra, Muhammad Kawish, Kawish, Muhammad   +15 more
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Comparative neuropathology of Balamuthia mandrillaris infection across species

Parasitology
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba that causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a rare but frequently fatal infection of the central nervous system.
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Sutherland Maciver, David Lloyd, Naveed Ahmed Khan   +3 more
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Balamuthia: portrait

, 2016
Mostra uma imagem de Balamuthia, uma ameba que foi primeiramente isolada como agente infeccioso de cérebros de primatas (não humanos).
Nerad, Tom, Patterson, David J., Peglar, Mike, Zettler, Linda Amaral   +3 more
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Isolation and molecular characterization of Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia mandrillaris from combination shower units in Costa Rica

, 2014
Free living amoebae (FLA) are ubiquitous protozoa, which may behave as parasites under certain conditions. Four genera are recognized as causal agents of infections in humans and animals: Naegleria, Sappinia, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia.
Reyes Batlle, María, Valladares Hernández, Basilio, Piñero Barroso, José Enrique, Abrahams Sandí, Elizabeth, Cabello Vílchez, Alfonso Martín, Martínez Carretero, Enrique, Lorenzo Morales, Jacob, Retana Moreira, Lissette   +7 more
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Assessment of blood–brain barrier penetration of miltefosine used to treat a fatal case of granulomatous amebic encephalitis possibly caused by an unusual Balamuthia mandrillaris strain [PDF]

, 2015
Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living ameba, causes rare but frequently fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE). Few patients have survived after receiving experimental drug combinations, with or without brain lesion excisions.
Roy, Sharon L., Sriram, Rama R, Hayes, Teresa, Kofos, Danny, Qvarnstrom, Yvonne, Guglielmo, B. Joseph, Gennuso, Rosemaria, Visvesvara, Govinda S., Roy, Sharon L, Dorlo, Thomas PC, Atkins, Jane T., Sriram, Rama R., Dorlo, Thomas P. C., Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Dorlo, Thomas P C, Sub Clinical Pharmacology, Atkins, Jane T, Kucerova, Zuzana, Guglielmo, B Joseph, Visvesvara, Govinda S   +19 more
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sj-pdf-1-imr-10.1177_03000605221093217 - Supplemental material for Subacute Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed by next-generation sequencing

, 2022
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-imr-10.1177_03000605221093217 for Subacute Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed by next-generation sequencing by Changbo Xu, Xiaoyan Wu, Miaoqin Tan, Dongmei Wang, Shengnan Wang and ...
Miaoqin Tan (5681759), Dongmei Wang (282313), Shengnan Wang (398641), Xiaoyan Wu (235931), Changbo Xu (12505199), Yongming Wu (123327)   +5 more
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Amebiasis of the central nervous system: report of six cases in Peru

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Six cases of amoebic encephalitis admitted to the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases between the years 1994-2010 in Peru are reported. These cases were admitted for clinical suspicion of malignant primary brain tumor and one orbital-nasal sarcoma.
Enrique Orrego-Puelles, Sandro Casavilca, Fausto J. Rodríguez, Bobbi S. Pritt, Miluska Castillo, Carlos A. Castañeda   +5 more
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Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis: An emerging disease with fatal consequences

, 2008
Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE), caused by the protozoan pathogen, Balamuthia mandrillaris, is a serious human disease with fatal consequences and a mortality rate of more than 95%.
Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Khan, Naveed Ahmed   +1 more
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Encephalomyelomeningitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris: A Case Report and Literature Review

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023
XueMei Fan,1 TianWen Chen,1 Hui Yang,1 Yue Gao,2,* Yan Chen1,* 1Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General ...
Fan X, Chen T, Yang H, Gao Y, Chen Y
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Effect of antimicrobial compounds on Balamuthia mandrillaris encystment and human brain microvascular endothelial cell cytopathogenicity.

, 2007
Cycloheximide, ketoconazole, or preexposure of organisms to cytochalasin D prevented Balamuthia mandrillaris-associated cytopathogenicity in human brain microvascular endothelial cells, which constitute the blood-brain barrier. In an assay for inhibition
Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Warhurst, David, Stins, Monique, Matin, Abdul   +5 more
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