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Balamuthia mandrillaris infection [PDF]

Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2001
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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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Laboratory testing of clinically approved drugs against Balamuthia mandrillaris

, 2014
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living protist pathogen that can cause life-threatening granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Given the lack of effective available drugs against B.
Baig, Abdul Mannan, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Kalsoom, Huma, Baig, Abdul Mannan, Dr., Khan, Naveed Ahmad, Kulsoom, Huma, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah   +6 more
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PRIMARY AMOEBIC MENINGO ENCEPHALITIS- A CASE STUDY

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2013
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is caused by the small, pathogenic, free-living amoeba Naegleria Fowleri, Acanthamoeba species and Balamuthia mandrillaris. The first of these, N.
Col Naila Azam ., Azhar Hayat .
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Balamuthia mandrillaris [PDF]

, 2020
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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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Identification of In-Vitro effects of synthesized heterocycles against Balamuthia Mandrillaris and Naegleria Fowleri

, 2020
Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris are protist pathogens that infect the central nervous system, causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, with mortality rates of over 95%, indicating lack of effective
Mohammad, Mungroo Ridwane
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Combined drug therapy in the management of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris

, 2014
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is caused by two protist pathogens, Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris. Although rare, it almost always results in death.
Baig, Abdul Mannan, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Baig, Abdul Mannan, Dr., Kulsoom, Huma   +4 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis Presenting as a Symptomatic Focal Hypodensity in an Immunocompromised Patient. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis, 2023
Sakusic A, Chen B, McPhearson K, Badi M, Freeman WD, Huang JF, Siegel JL, Jentoft ME, Oring JM, Verdecia J, Meschia JF.   +10 more
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