Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris [PDF]
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, 2019 We present the case of a 71-year-old man who was diagnosed with amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris. He had rheumatic arthritis for 30 years and had undergone continuous treatment with immunosuppressants.
Su Jung Kum +4 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris: An opportunistic, free-living ameba – An updated review
Tropical Parasitology, 2021 Balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic, free-living ameba that is pathogenic to humans. It has a worldwide distribution but is mainly detected in warmer regions.
N. Bhosale, S. Parija
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Subacute encephalitis in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed by next-generation sequencing
Journal of International Medical Research, 2022 Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living heterotrophic amoeba found in soil that causes a rare and usually fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis. We report an immunocompetent patient infected with B.
Changbo Xu +5 more
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Antiamoebic Properties of Metabolites against Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris
Antibiotics, 2022 Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris are free-living, opportunistic protists, distributed widely in the environment. They are responsible for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), the fatal ...
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Balamuthia mandrillaris is a pathogenic protozoan that causes a rare but almost always fatal infection of the central nervous system and, in some cases, cutaneous lesions. Currently, the genomic data for this free-living amoeba include the description of
Alejandro Otero-Ruiz +6 more
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Diagnosing Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis via next-generation sequencing in a 13-year-old girl
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020 Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis has a subacute-to-chronic course and is almost invariably fatal owing to delayed diagnosis and a lack of effective therapy.
Gangfeng Yan, Xunjia Cheng, Hui Yu
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Encephalomyelomeningitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris: A Case Report and Literature Review
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023 XueMei Fan,1 TianWen Chen,1 Hui Yang,1 Yue Gao,2,* Yan Chen1,* 1Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General ...
Fan X, Chen T, Yang H, Gao Y, Chen Y
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Isolation and Environmental Detection of Balamuthia mandrillaris in Isfahan, Iran
Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 17, Issue 5, October 2025.Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free‐living opportunistic amoeba known to cause fatal encephalitis. Despite its global environmental presence, data on its distribution in Iran and comparative detection methods remain scarce.
Sara Lesani +2 more
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Environmentally derived Balamuthia mandrillaris contains endosymbiotic bacteria
Parasitology ResearchBalamuthia mandrillaris is an environmentally derived, free-living amoeba that causes fatal meningoencephalitis. We previously isolated B. mandrillaris from soil in the Aomori Prefecture and attempted to culture the cell-free amoeba using liquid medium ...
K. Yamanouchi +6 more
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Unmasking Balamuthia mandrillaris Through PCR in a Case of Multifocal Brain Lesions
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesBalamuthia mandrillaris is a rare free-living amoeba that causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), a frequently fatal central nervous system infection.
Moamen Al Zoubi +8 more
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