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International Journal of Infectious DiseasesObjective: This study aimed to present the first documented case of fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) co-infection, to evaluate the diagnostic performance of MetaCAP targeted ...
Ying Zhao +13 more
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Genotyping of acanthamoeba spp causing granulomatous amoebic encephalitis [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Megha, K., Khurana, S., Sehgal, R.
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, 2011 Aims: Isolation and characterization of the clinically relevant amphizoic amoebas in vegetated farmlands, which may present a risk to farmers' health.
梁世佑;夏堪臺;洪健清;嵇達德 +1 more
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Isolation of Acanthamoeba from the rhizosphere of maize and lucerne plants
Acanthamoeba species are free-living amoebae that can be found in almost every range of environments. Within this genus, a number of species are recognized as human pathogens, potentially causing Acanthamoeba keratitis, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis,
Ködöböcz, László +6 more
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Increasing Importance of Balamuthia mandrillaris
, 2008 Balamuthia mandrillaris is an emerging protozoan parasite, an agent of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis involving the central nervous system, with a case fatality rate of >98%. This review presents our current understanding of Balamuthia infections,
Jayasekera, Samantha +3 more
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Peranan Free Living Amoeba - Achantamoeba sebagai patogen penyebab kelainan pada otak dan mata
, 2021 The free-living amoeba (FLA) group of protozoa that can be found in various types of conditions in nature, one of which is the genus Acanthamoeba. Although, the number of infections caused by this protozoan is low, the diagnosis was still difficult to ...
Sari, Ika Puspa, Halleyantoro, Ryan
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Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2017 Opportunistic infections due to free-living amoebae such as Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE), cutaneous acanthamoebiasis and disseminated infections could be the causative agent of mortality in people living with HIV/AIDS.
Fatemeh MEMARI +2 more
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Indian Journal of Case ReportsGranulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is an uncommon but life-threatening central nervous system infection caused by Acanthamoeba species. It predominantly affects immunocompromised individuals, although cases in immunocompetent hosts are increasingly reported.
Jyoti Mishra +3 more
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Pathogenic Assays of Acanthamoeba Belonging to the T4 Genotype
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2013 Background: Acanthamoeba genus is introduced as opportunistic and cosmopoli-tan parasite. Monkey and wistar rat are appropriate models for experimental study on Acanthamoeba infection. In this study Acanthamoeba spp.
Hamed Mirjalali +5 more
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