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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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Diagnostic challenges in Balamuthia mandrillaris infections

Parasitology Research, 2013
Balamuthia mandrillaris is an emerging cause of subacute granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE). The diagnosis of this infection has proven to be difficult and is usually made postmortem. Early recognition and treatment may offer some benefit. This report describes a previously healthy woman who died from GAE due to B. mandrillaris.
Stephen A, Lobo   +8 more
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Balamuthia mandrillarisamoebic encephalitis mimicking tuberculous meningitis

Neuropathology, 2023
A 76‐year‐old female with no apparent immunosuppressive conditions and no history of exposure to freshwater and international travel presented with headache and nausea 3 weeks before the presentation. On admission, her consciousness was E4V4V6. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed pleocytosis with mononuclear cell predominance, elevated protein, and ...
Yoya Ono   +7 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: 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   +2 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis Presenting with Acute Hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1997
The leptomyxid amoeba Balamuthia 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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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   +5 more
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