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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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The cyst wall carbohydrate composition of Balamuthia mandrillaris

Parasitology Research, 2009
Balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic cyst-producing amoeba that can cause rare, but fatal, Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE). Cysts are resistant to harsh environmental conditions and many antimicrobial compounds and thus can contribute to BAE recurrence.
Ruqaiyyah, Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed, Khan, Edward L, Jarroll   +2 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris: een beestachtige doodsoorzaak

Critical Care, 2014
In deze casus bespreken we de ziektegeschiedenis van een patiente die na een bezoek aan Gambia met een meningitisachtig beeld werd opgenomen op de ic van het Erasmus Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (EMC). Ze overleed uiteindelijk aan een granulomateuze amoeben encefalitis (GAE), veroorzaakt door de Balamuthia mandrillaris.
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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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Immunogens in Balamuthia mandrillaris: a proteomic exploration

Parasitology Research
Balamuthia mandrillaris is the causative agent of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a rare and often fatal infection affecting the central nervous system. The amoeba is isolated from diverse environmental sources and can cause severe infections in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals.
Rosalía, Alfaro-Sifuentes, Luis Fernando, Lares-Jiménez, Saul, Rojas-Hernández, María Maricela, Carrasco-Yépez, Diego Alexander, Rojas-Ortega, Libia Zulema, Rodriguez-Anaya, Jose Reyes, Gonzalez-Galaviz, Fernando, Lares-Villa   +7 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, Govinda S, Visvesvara, Bronwyn E, Campbell, Darren R, Fry, Robin B, Gasser   +4 more
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Laboratory testing of clinically approved drugs against Balamuthia mandrillaris

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 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. mandrillaris encephalitis with a mortality rate of more than 90%, here we screened drugs, targeting vital cellular receptors and biochemical pathways, that are already in ...
Huma, Kalsoom, Abdul Mannan, Baig, Naveed Ahmed, Khan, Ruqaiyyah, Siddiqui   +3 more
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Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris

Medical Journal of Australia, 1997
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris is rare (63 human) cases reported worldwide) and fatal. We report a case in a five-year-old boy who had previously been well. For 18 months, he had had a slowly progressive, granulomatous mid facial lesion, but despite extensive investigation definitive diagnosis was made only with ...
Reed, R.P., CookeYarborough, C.M., Jaquiery, A.L., Grimwood, K., Kemp, A.S., Su, J.C., Forsyth, J.R.L.   +6 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1995
J L, Rowen, C A, Doerr, H, Vogel, C J, Baker   +3 more
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