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Encystment and Excystment Processes in Acanthamoeba castellanii: An Emphasis on Cellulose Involvement

Pathogens
The free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii is a unicellular eukaryote distributed in a wide range of soil or aquatic environments, either natural or human-made, such as rivers, lakes, drinking water, or swimming pools.
Mathew Choaji, Ascel Samba-Louaka, Zineb Fechtali-Moute, Willy Aucher, Sébastien Pomel   +4 more
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Evaluation of Oxasqualenoids from the Red Alga Laurencia viridis against Acanthamoeba

Marine Drugs, 2019
Acanthamoeba genus is a widely distributed and opportunistic parasite with increasing importance worldwide as an emerging pathogen in the past decades. This protozoan has an active trophozoite stage, a cyst stage, and is dormant and very resistant.
Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Ana R. Díaz-Marrero, Francisco Cen-Pacheco, Ines Sifaoui, María Reyes-Batlle, María L. Souto, Antonio Hernández Daranas, José E. Piñero, José J. Fernández   +8 more
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Medical image of the week: granulomatous amoebic encephalitis [PDF]

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2015
Ateefa Chaudhury, Christopher Geffre, Tauseef Siddiqi   +2 more
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Acanthamoeba induces cell-cycle arrest in host cells

, 2004
Acanthamoeba can cause fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) and eye keratitis. However, the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of these emerging diseases remain unclear.
Alsam, S., Stins, M., Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Sissons, J., Kim, K.S., Jayasekera, S.   +5 more
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Acanthamoeba encephalitis in an immunocompetent child and review of the imaging features of intracranial acanthamoebic infections in immunocompetent patients

, 2018
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba is a rare entity mainly affecting immunocompromised patients. We reported a case of Acanthamoeba encephalitis of a 1-year-old immunocompetent child and described the CT and MRI findings of the ...
Part Time Noor Husna binti Mohamad Zayadi
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Laboratory testing of clinically approved drugs against Balamuthia mandrillaris

, 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.
Baig, Abdul Mannan, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Kalsoom, Huma, Baig, Abdul Mannan, Dr., Khan, Naveed Ahmad, Kulsoom, Huma   +6 more
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Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome

, 2017
Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris are causative agents of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), while Naegleria fowleri causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; id_orcid, Timothy Yu Yee Ong, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Yee Ong, Timothy Yu, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Bano *, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ong, Timothy Yu Yee *, Khan, Naveed Ahmed *   +8 more
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Molecular Docking Study of Heterocyclic Compounds for Antifungal Activity Against Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Our study identified seven unique heterocyclic compounds: 2-(m Tolylthio) Chalcone, chitosan oligosaccharide, and 2-hydroxy chalcone. Six-chloropyridine, 4-naphthoquinone, Thiobenzimidazole, 2-thiobenzoxazole, 6-carboxylic acid ethyl ester, and Anthrimide are probable choices that may be found in a chemical database.
Thomas Kurian, Rani Sebastian
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The role of plasma metagenomic sequencing in identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis

Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare, free-living amoeba (FLA) that causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a disease with close to 90% mortality. The geographical ranges of many FLA are expanding, potentially increasing human exposure to B. mandrillaris.
Sarah Y. Edminster, Ryan W. Rebbe, Christopher Khatchadourian, Kyle M. Hurth, Anna J. Mathew, Julie Huss-Bawab, Mark S. Shiroishi, Devin Clark, Andrew P. Norgan, Susan M. Butler-Wu, Annie Hiniker   +10 more
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Detection of protozoan hosts for Legionella pneumophila in engineered water systems by using a biofilm batch test

, 2010
Legionella pneumophila proliferates in aquatic habitats within free-living protozoa, 17 species of which have been identified as hosts by using in vitro experiments. The present study aimed at identifying protozoan hosts for L.
Bart A. Wullings, van der Kooij, D., Kooij, D., van der, Valster, R.M., Wullings, B.A., Dick van der Kooij, Rinske M. Valster   +6 more
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