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Challenges and advances in the medical treatment of granulomatous amebic encephalitis

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Granulomatous amebic encephalitis, caused by the free-living amebae Balamuthia mandrillaris or Acanthamoeba species, is a rare and deadly infectious syndrome with a current mortality rate of >90%.
Natasha Spottiswoode, Julia C. Haston, Natasha W. Hanners, Katherine Gruenberg, Annie Kim, Joseph L. DeRisi, Michael R. Wilson   +6 more
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Encephalomyelomeningitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris: A Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]

Infect Drug Resist, 2023
Fan X, Chen T, Yang H, Gao Y, Chen Y.
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Balamuthia mandrillaris [PDF]

, 2020
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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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Clin Infect Dis [PDF]

BackgroundNaegleria fowleri is a thermophilic ameba found in freshwater that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) when it enters the nose and migrates to the brain.

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The Genesis of the “Brain-Eating” Amoeba [PDF]

, 2019
The Creator made all creatures, including amoebas, with variation and plasticity in their genome for global differences of climate, terrain, and environment. God made all creatures to multiply and fill the earth.
Augusta, Jonathan, Gillen, Alan L., Schneckenburger, Kurt   +2 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris—EBV co-infective encephalitis diagnosed by MetaCAP: comparative mNGS validation and epidemiological landscape from 41 Chinese cases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objective: This study aimed to present the first documented case of fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) co-infection, to evaluate the diagnostic performance of MetaCAP targeted ...
Ying Zhao, Xueying He, Zeping Han, Fengming Guo, Fangmei Xie, Zengshun Lin, Liangju Chen, Xiaoyu Song, Wenfeng Luo, Feifei Liu, Lei Zhang, Pingping Zhang, Zhiqiang Peng, Jinhua He   +13 more
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Mitochondrial genome diversity of Balamuthia mandrillaris revealed by a fatal case of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2023
Law CT, Nivesvivat T, Xiong Q, Kulkeaw K, Shi L, Ruenchit P, Suwanpakdee D, Suwanpakdee P, Tongkrajang N, Sarasombath PT, Tsui SK.   +10 more
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J Cutan Pathol [PDF]

Free-living amebae are ubiquitous in our environment, but rarely cause cutaneous infection. Balamuthia mandrillaris has a predilection for infecting skin of the central face.

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Diagnosing Balamuthia mandrillaris amebic meningoencephalitis in a 64-year-old woman from the Southwest of China. [PDF]

Parasites Hosts Dis, 2023
Yao S, Chen X, Qian L, Sun S, Zhao C, Bai Z, Chen Z, Wu Y.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source