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18F-FDG PET/CT findings in fatal Balamuthia Mandrillaris encephalitis in brain stem: A case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
We 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, Dawei Wang, Kunwei Cui, Ruimei Wan, Quan Chi, Tao Wu   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Environmentally derived Balamuthia mandrillaris contains endosymbiotic bacteria. [PDF]

Parasitol Res
Balamuthia 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; however, this was difficult to achieve because of contamination of the medium with endogenous ...
Yamanouchi K, Nagai T, Tsujiguchi T, Chiba M, Fujioka M, Ahsan CR, Matsumiya T.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Modelling amoebic brain infection caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris using a human cerebral organoid. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The lack of disease models adequately resembling human tissue has hindered our understanding of amoebic brain infection. Three-dimensional structured organoids provide a microenvironment similar to human tissue.
Nongnat Tongkrajang, Porntida Kobpornchai, Pratima Dubey, Urai Chaisri, Kasem Kulkeaw   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Emergence of Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis in India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2015
We report two cases of fatal chronic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in immunocompetent men. Diagnosis of amoebic meningoencephalitis was made ante-mortem in one case and postmortem in another by histopathological examination and confirmed by demonstration of B. mandrillaris deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by polymerase chain reaction
S, Khurana, V, Hallur, M K, Goyal, R, Sehgal, B D, Radotra   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Isolation and Environmental Detection of Balamuthia mandrillaris in Isfahan, Iran. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
This study investigates the presence of Balamuthia mandrillaris in environmental sources from Isfahan, Iran, and compares cultural and molecular detection methods. The findings highlight matrix‐dependent detection patterns and report an overall prevalence of 15.6%.
Lesani S, Mirzania S, Eskandarian A.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Etymologia: Balamuthia mandrillaris

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
doaj   +2 more sources

An autopsy case of granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris involving prior amebic dermatitis. [PDF]

Neuropathology, 2022
An 82‐year‐old man, who was healthy and had worked as a farmer, experienced worsening neurological symptoms over a seven‐month period, which eventually caused his death. Multiple fluctuating brain lesions were detected radiographically. Clinically, sarcoidosis was ranked high among the differential diagnoses because of the presence of skin lesions ...
Maehara T, Mizuno T, Tokoro M, Hara T, Tomita Y, Makioka K, Motegi SI, Yamazaki A, Matsumura N, Nobusawa S, Yokoo H.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Post-mortem culture of Balamuthia mandrillaris from the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of a case of granulomatous amoebic meningoencephalitis, using human brain microvascular endothelial cells [PDF]

, 2004
The first isolation in the UK of Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebae from a fatal case of granulomatous amoebic meningoencephalitis is reported. Using primary cultures of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs), amoebae were isolated from the ...
Alsam, Anderlini, Barnett, Booton, Claire Rogers, David Warhurst, Debbie Nolder, Deetz, E. M. Higgins, Ferrante, Hansman, Healy, Huang, James Sissons, Jonathan M.L. White, Julie Tucker, Katz, Khan, Khan, Ma, Marciano-Cabral, Martinez, Martinez, Martinez, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Reed, Rowen, Samantha Jayasekera, Schuster, Schuster, Sell, Selwa Alsam, Yang   +32 more
core   +2 more sources

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, Patrícia Xander, Daniel Alfandari, George Dong, Iris Aparici‐Herraiz, Irit Rosenhek‐Goldian, Mehrdad Shokouhy, Melisa Gualdron‐Lopez, Nicholy Lozano, Nuria Cortes‐Serra, Paula Abou Karam, Paula Meneghetti, Rafael Pedro Madeira, Ziv Porat, Rodrigo Pedro Soares, Adriana Oliveira Costa, Sima Rafati, Anabela‐Cordeiro da Silva, Nuno Santarém, Christopher Fernandez‐Prada, Marcel I. Ramirez, Dolores Bernal, Antonio Marcilla, Vera Lucia Pereira‐Chioccola, Lysangela Ronalte Alves, Hernando Del Portillo, Neta Regev‐Rudzki, Igor Correia de Almeida, Sergio Schenkman, Martin Olivier, Ana Claudia Torrecilhas   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disseminated Balamuthia mandrillaris Infection [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015
ABSTRACTBalamuthia mandrillarisis a rare cause of human infection, but when infections do occur, they result in high rates of morbidity and mortality. A case of disseminatedBalamuthiainfection is presented. Early diagnosis and initiation of recommended therapy are essential for increased chances of successful outcomes.
Katherine R, Schafer, Neil, Shah, M I, Almira-Suarez, Jennifer M, Reese, George M, Hoke, James W, Mandell, Sharon L, Roy, Govinda, Visvesvara   +7 more
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