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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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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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Next-Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis of Fatal Balamuthia Amoebic Encephalitis: A Case Report

Diagnostics
Background: Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoebic parasite that primarily causes rare opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts. Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE) is a rare yet severe parasitic infection affecting the central ...
Yuanyuan Feng, Huiyu Feng, Xuegao Yu, Jing Zhao, Hongyan Zhou, Jiaoxing Li, Peisong Chen, Li Feng   +7 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris brain abscess successfully treated with complete surgical excision and prolonged combination antimicrobial therapy

, 2011
Amoebic encephalitis is an uncommon and usually fatal condition. This case describes successful treatment of a Balamuthia mandrillaris brain abscess using prolonged antimicrobial agents with complete excision.
Andrew Fuller, Rhoda Cameron, Sharon R. Lewin, Gregory Malham, Joseph S. Doyle, Emer Campbell, Denis W. Spelman, Douglas Gin   +7 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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Environmentally derived Balamuthia mandrillaris contains endosymbiotic bacteria

Parasitology Research
Balamuthia mandrillaris is an environmentally derived, free-living amoeba that causes fatal meningoencephalitis. We previously isolated B. mandrillaris from soil in the Aomori Prefecture and attempted to culture the cell-free amoeba using liquid medium; however, this was difficult to achieve because of contamination of the medium with endogenous ...
Kanako Yamanouchi, Takamasa Nagai, Takakiyo Tsujiguchi, Mitsuru Chiba, Miyuki Fujioka, Chowdhury Rafiqul Ahsan, Tomoh Matsumiya   +6 more
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Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment Plans of Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis in Pediatrics: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Journal of Pediatrics Review
Background: Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba responsible for a rare but fatal microbial encephalitis in pediatric patients. Pediatric cases are extremely rare and typically present with nonspecific symptoms, leading to delayed diagnosis ...
Hoda Mehrabi, Reza Ghasemikhah
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Presence of rotavirus and free-living amoebae in the water supplies of Karachi, Pakistan

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Rotavirus and pathogenic free-living amoebae are causative agents of important health problems, especially for developing countries like Pakistan where the population has limited access to clean water supplies.
Farzana Abubakar Yousuf, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan   +2 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis: Survival of a child with severe meningoencephalitis and review of the literature

, 2013
Balamuthia mandrillaris causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, which is frequently fatal. There are few reports of survival in children. A 4-year-old child developed severe meningoencephalitis with multiple intracranial ring-enhancing lesions ...
Campbell, Robert, Burke, Christopher, Nourse, Clare, McCrossin, David, Cherian, Sarah, Shahab, Mohammad Shekeeb, Visvesvara, Govinda S., Moriarty, Paul   +7 more
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Clinical metagenomic identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis and assembly of the draft genome: the continuing case for reference genome sequencing.

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare, often lethal, cause of encephalitis, for which early diagnosis and prompt initiation of combination antimicrobials may improve clinical outcomes. METHODS: In this study, we sequenced a full
Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, Bette K, Dominguez, Samuel R, Dunnebacke, Thelma, Chiu, Charles Y, Nomura, Yosuke, Glaser, Carol, Mirsky, David, Press, Craig A, Messacar, Kevin, Yagi, Shigeo, Bouquet, Jerome, Greninger, Alexander L, Vollmer, Michael, Naccache, Samia N, Federman, Scot   +14 more
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