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Multifocal Balamuthia mandrillaris infection in a dog in Australia

Parasitology Research, 2006
A 6-year-old male golden retriever, with an 8-month history of seizures and a clinical diagnosis of lymphoma in the central nervous system, was (at the owner's request) euthanized after signs of respiratory distress and shock developed. Upon postmortem examination, the diagnoses of meningoencephalitis and pneumonia were made. A histological examination
Peter J, Finnin, Govinda S, Visvesvara, Bronwyn E, Campbell, Darren R, Fry, Robin B, Gasser   +4 more
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Canine amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Balamuthia mandrillaris

Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 2018
A 1-year-old Siberian Husky dog with acute-onset of seizures, recumbency, paddling, and muscular fasciculations was autopsied. A locally extensive hemorrhagic and malacic focus was noted in the right cerebral frontal cortex, and severe necrotizing and hemorrhagic, neutrophilic meningoencephalitis was diagnosed microscopically.
Rory Chia-Ching, Chien, Corbin R, Telford, Shantanu, Roy, Ibne Karim M, Ali, Wun-Ju, Shieh, Anthony W, Confer   +5 more
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Nursing Care in Intensive Care Unit of a Patient Infected With Balamuthia Mandrillaris After Renal Transplantation: A Case Report.

Transplantation Proceedings
An uncommon and dangerous disease with a fatality rate of more than 95% is caused by the amoeba known as Balamuthia mandrillaris. Here, we discuss the treatment of a patient who underwent a renal transplant and contracted the amoeba B. mandrillaris.
Shuangwen Qin, Xiuhong Lu, Ling Li, Debin Huang   +3 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis in an immunocompromised patient

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2009
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare but increasingly recognized cause of amebic encephalitis, yet it remains poorly understood. The condition is almost universally fatal, and due to diagnostic difficulty, most cases are identified postmortem. The authors report a case of Balamuthia amebic encephalitis in a patient with combined variable immunodeficiency ...
Akash P, Kansagra, Jayant P, Menon, Chester K, Yarbrough, Klaudia, Urbaniak, J Dawn, Waters, Ewa, Borys, Rahul, Jandial   +6 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris: its Pathogenic Potential

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2001
In 1958, Clyde G. Culbertson predicted the occurrence in humans of infection by free-living amebas (6). A few years later, Rodney F. Carter and Malcolm Fowler, in Adelaide, Australia, reported the first human cases of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by Naegleria fowleri [2, 91.
A J, Martínez, F L, Schuster, G S, Visvesvara   +2 more
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Fatal granulomatous amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Balamuthia mandrillaris

Pathology - Research and Practice, 2008
Amoebic infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are very rare and usually fatal. A 33-year-old Bolivian male injured his elbow 18 months ago in an accident and, months later, developed multiple skin lesions. He was admitted with confusion, and brain images showed large multifocal lesions with mass effect.
Istvan, Bodi, Neelanjana, Dutt, Timothy, Hampton, Nuzhat, Akbar   +3 more
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BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS: THE FIRST CASE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004
We present a case of 23-year-old man with acute meningoencephalitis, accompanied by inflammation of a nasal ulcer. He had been healthy until six months prior to admission to the hospital when he had a motorcycle accident. A star-shaped wound at his nose was incurred after falling into a swamp.
Poj, Intalapaporn, Chusana, Suankratay, Shanop, Shuangshoti, Kammant, Phantumchinda, Somboon, Keelawat, Henry, Wilde   +5 more
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Balamuthia Mandrillaris Amoebic Encephalitis: An Emerging Parasitic Infection

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2012
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free living amoeba that can be isolated from soil. It is an emerging pathogen causing skin lesions as well as CNS involvement with a fatal outcome if untreated. The infection has been described more commonly in inmunocompetent individuals, mostly males, many children, and with a predilection for population with Hispanic ...
Bravo Puccio, Francisco Gerardo, Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael   +1 more
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Balamuthia Mandrillaris Encephalitis Post‐Raw Beef Ingestion

Annals of Neurology
Yongqin Xiong, Xin Lou
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Hidden in Granulomatous Inflammation: Histopathologic Challenges of Cutaneous Balamuthia mandrillaris Infection—A Canadian Case Report

Journal of cutaneous pathology
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare cause of cutaneous amebiasis that can progress to central nervous system infection, almost always resulting in death. It is a free‐living, opportunistic ameba found globally in dust, soil, and freshwater that can infect ...
Nicole Vienneau, C. MacDonald, M. Dulai, L. Small, A. Rothrock, Kaitlin Vanderbeck   +5 more
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