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Antibiotics, 2022 Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris are pathogenic free-living amoebae that infect the central nervous system with over 95% mortality rates.
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui +6 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment
Medical Journal of Australia, 2020 Introduction: Balamuthia mandrillaris is known to cause a fatal infection of the central nervous system termed granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). Cases of GAE by B.
Mungroo, Mohammad Ridwane +2 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
Jarroll, Edward L. +2 more
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18F-FDG PET/CT findings in fatal Balamuthia Mandrillaris encephalitis in brain stem: A case report
Radiology Case ReportsWe presented a case of a 66-year-old female whose initial symptom was headache without obvious inducement. The patient's condition progressed rapidly to a semi-coma state after symptomatic treatment.
Hualei Xu +5 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris – a brief overview of the parasite causing encephalitis
Microbial PathogenesisBalamuthia mandrillaris is a unicellular protist, known to cause infection of the central nervous system. The life cycle of B. mandrillaris is divided into vegetative, infectious trophozoites and dormant cysts. The ability of B. mandrillaris to produce a
Rizvi, Zainab +3 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Balamuthia mandrillaris is one cause of a rare and severe brain infection called granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), which has a mortality rate of >90%. Diagnosis of Balamuthia GAE is difficult because symptoms are non-specific.
Juan Hu +10 more
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The transcriptome of Balamuthia mandrillaris trophozoites for structure-guided drug design
Scientific Reports, 2021 Balamuthia mandrillaris, a pathogenic free-living amoeba, causes cutaneous skin lesions as well as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a ‘brain-eating’ disease.
Isabelle Q. Phan +12 more
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A devastating case of a Balamuthia mandrillaris pediatric brain infection
Radiology Case ReportsBalamuthia mandrillaris is an amoeba that causes an uncommon but deadly encephalitis, referred to as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). The highest incidence reported worldwide has occurred in America, and within the United States, it has been ...
Cory M. Pfeifer, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, FAAP +3 more
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Guidelines for the purification and characterization of extracellular vesicles of parasites
Journal of Extracellular Biology, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Parasites are responsible for the most neglected tropical diseases, affecting over a billion people worldwide (WHO, 2015) and accounting for billions of cases a year and responsible for several millions of deaths. Research on extracellular vesicles (EVs) has increased in recent years and demonstrated that EVs shed by pathogenic parasites ...
Carmen Fernandez‐Becerra +30 more
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