A case report of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis [PDF]
HeliyonBalamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE) is a rare and severe parasitic infection of the central nervous system. Its delayed diagnosis and treatment are often due to the lack of specific clinical manifestations and its poor prognosis.
Zhen Li +4 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis in an uncontrolled diabetic patient [PDF]
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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Successful Treatment of Balamuthia mandrillaris Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis with Nitroxoline [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 A patient in California, USA, with rare and usually fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris granulomatous amebic encephalitis survived after receiving treatment with a regimen that included the repurposed drug nitroxoline.
Natasha Spottiswoode +17 more
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Imaging findings of Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis in 2 cases with different prognosis and literature review [PDF]
BMC NeurologyIntroduction Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis is a rare granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by infection with Balamuthia mandrillaris with a fatality rate over 90%.
Haiyan Lou
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Balamuthia mandrillaris infection in China: a retrospective report of 28 cases [PDF]
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020 Balamuthia mandrillaris infection is a rare and fatal disease. We have recorded 28 cases of Balamuthia mandrillaris infection during the past 20 years. Eighteen patients (64%) were male and 10 (36%) were female. Patient age ranged from 3 to 74 (mean, 27)
Zhe Jian, Tianwen Gao, Lei Wang
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Phenotypic assay for cytotoxicity assessment of Balamuthia mandrillaris against human neurospheroids [PDF]
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 +7 more
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Encephalomyelitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in a Woman With Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]
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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The transcriptome of Balamuthia mandrillaris trophozoites for structure-guided drug design [PDF]
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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Drug susceptibility of a clinical isolate of Balamuthia mandrillaris, a pathogenic free-living amoeba [PDF]
Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyBalamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE) is a highly fatal infection caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris, an amoeba that lives in soil and water. In Thailand, three fatal cases of BAE have been documented, but no survivors have been reported, raising ...
Pratima Dubey +6 more
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Subacute encephalitis in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed by next-generation sequencing [PDF]
Journal of International Medical Research, 2022 Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living heterotrophic amoeba found in soil that causes a rare and usually fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis. We report an immunocompetent patient infected with B.
Changbo Xu +5 more
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