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Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Balamuthia Mandrillaris in an Immunocompetent Girl
World Neurosurgery, 2012Balamuthia mandrillaris is a recently recognized cause of a rare, devastating infection, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). Presenting symptoms of GAE are nonspecific and can last for months before becoming clinically significant. Once the infection involves the central nervous system, death often results within days to weeks.
David A, Stidd +3 more
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A proposed cascade of vascular events leading to granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
Microbial Pathogenesis, 2015Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba is a chronic disease that almost always results in death. Hematogenous spread is a pre-requisite followed by amoebae invasion of the blood-brain barrier to enter the central nervous system. Given the systemic nature of this infection, a significant latent period of several months before the ...
Baig, Abdul Mannan, Khan, Naveed Ahmed
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Clinical Rheumatology, 1998
A 25-year-old chronically immunosuppressed woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) died after developing subacute granulomatous encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba. Amoebic trophozoites were also found in the lung, suggesting a primary pulmonary focus of infection.
J, Koide +6 more
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A 25-year-old chronically immunosuppressed woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) died after developing subacute granulomatous encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba. Amoebic trophozoites were also found in the lung, suggesting a primary pulmonary focus of infection.
J, Koide +6 more
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Imaging monitoring of Balamuthia granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
Clinical Neurology and NeurosurgeryBalamuthia granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is a rare and highly lethal infectious disease affecting the central nervous system, caused by the Balamuthia amoeba. This article reports the case of a child with normal immune function and no apparent epidemiological risk factors.
Jinzhi, Mei +3 more
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Motile trophozoites in granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
QJM: An International Journal of MedicineNitin Gupta +5 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis: The First African Experience
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2022Abstract We report the first case of Balamuthia mandrillaris granulomatous amoebic encephalitis definitively acquired in Africa. Our case emphasizes initial nonspecific dermatological features, delays in confirmation of the diagnosis, difficulties accessing recommended medication, and uncertainty about optimal treatment of a disease with
Hafsah D Tootla +9 more
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to leptomyxid amoebae: report of the first Brazilian case
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1992L, Chimelli +4 more
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Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris
Medical Journal of Australia, 1997Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris is rare (63 human) cases reported worldwide) and fatal. We report a case in a five-year-old boy who had previously been well. For 18 months, he had had a slowly progressive, granulomatous mid facial lesion, but despite extensive investigation definitive diagnosis was made only with ...
Reed, R.P. +6 more
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