Fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2019 Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare cause of granulomatous meningoencephalitis associated with high mortality. We report a 69-year-old Caucasian female who presented with a 3-day history of worsening confusion and difficulty with speech.
Binoy Yohannan, Mark Feldman
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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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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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Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris [PDF]
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, 2019 We present the case of a 71-year-old man who was diagnosed with amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris. He had rheumatic arthritis for 30 years and had undergone continuous treatment with immunosuppressants.
Su Jung Kum +4 more
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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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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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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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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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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%.
Yanjia Chen, Tingting Zhang, Haiyan Lou
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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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