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Atypical Imaging and Neurological Progression of Balamuthia Mandrillaris Encephalitis in Pediatric Patient – A Case Report

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Background: Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoebic agent affecting the central nervous system or skin with a 95% mortality rate, eventually manifesting as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) or meningoencephalitis in both immunocompetent ...
Italia, Yukta, Luke, Rebecca
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Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay To Detect Acanthamoeba spp., Vermamoeba vermiformis, Naegleria fowleri, and Balamuthia mandrillaris in Different Water Sources. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Trop Med Hyg
Córdoba-Lanús E   +10 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris amebic encephalitis

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2007
Amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia spp is an increasingly recognized chronic granulomatous central nervous system infectious process, which may affect both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. The course of the disease is insidious and fatal in most cases, mainly due to delayed diagnosis, difficulty in isolation and/or ...
Maria T, Perez, Larry M, Bush
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Balamuthia mandrillaris from soil samples

Microbiology, 2004
Balamuthia mandrillarisamoebas are recognized as a causative agent of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a disease that is usually fatal. They were first recognized when isolated from the brain of a mandrill baboon that died in the San Diego Zoo Wild Life Animal Park. Subsequently, the amoebas have been found in a variety of animals, including humans (
Thelma H, Dunnebacke   +3 more
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Amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris

Pediatric Neurology, 1994
Free-living amebae etiologically associated with central nervous system (CNS) infection in children have included Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, and recently, leptomyxid ameba. Two previously healthy children are reported with CNS infection caused by leptomyxid ameba, recently classified as Balamuthia mandrillaris.
D A, Griesemer   +6 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis Presenting with Acute Hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2008
The leptomyxid amoeba Balαmuthia mandrillaris, previously believed to be a harmless soil-inhabiting organism, is now known to be a rare but consistently lethal cause of meningoencephalitis in humans. We report a case of amebic meningoencephalitis caused by B. mandrillaris which presented as a febrile illness with acute hydrocephalus.
B J, Duke   +4 more
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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   +4 more
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