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Motile trophozoites in granulomatous amoebic encephalitis

QJM - Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians
Nitin Gupta, Vinay Khanna, Sumeeta Khurana   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Relapsing granulomatous amoebic encephalitis

Practical Neurology
Free-living amoebae like Naegleria fowleri , Acanthamoeba or Balamuthia mandrillaris are rare causes of central nervous system infections.
Sampurna Chowdhury, Yamini Priyanka, Ayush Agarwal, Divyani Garg, Ajay Garg, Hemlata Jangir, Achal K Srivastava   +6 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, 1992
L Chimelli, Govinda S Visvesvara, F Scaravilli   +2 more
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Acanthamoeba granulomatous amoebic encephalitis after pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant

Pediatric Transplantation, 2017
AbstractAcanthamoeba encephalitis is a rare, often fatal condition, particularly after HSCT, with 9 reported cases to date in the world literature. Our case was originally diagnosed with ALL at age 3 years, and after several relapses underwent HSCT at age 9 years.
Scott L. Coven, Eunkyung Song, Sarah Steward, Christopher R. Pierson, Jennifer R. Cope, Ibne K. Ali, Monica I. Ardura, Mark W. Hall, Melissa G. Chung, Rajinder P. S. Bajwa   +9 more
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[A clinico-pathological study of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis].

Zhonghua bing li xue za zhi = Chinese journal of pathology, 2003
To study the clinico-pathological characteristics and differential diagnosis of granulomatous meningioencephalitis caused by acanthamoeba.The clinical features, CT scan findings and post mortem pathological changes of 3 patients afflicted with granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) were analysed.GAE is a chronic clinical entity.
D, Lu, L, Luo, Q, Xu, C, Li
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Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a newly diagnosed patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Neurology India, 2016
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) caused by certain species belonging to the genus Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, or Naegleria presents as a subacute or chronic illness. Amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba is seen more often in immunosuppressed individuals.
Vamshi Krishna, Thamtam, Megha S, Uppin, Anjan, Pyal, Subhash, Kaul, Jyostna Y, Rani, C, Sundaram   +5 more
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus BALB/c mice are more susceptible to granulomatous amoebic encephalitis: Immunohistochemical study

Experimental Parasitology, 2017
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is a chronic, difficult to resolve infection caused by amphizoic amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba, which in most cases occurs in immunosuppressed persons or with chronic diseases such as diabetes. In this study, we describe the early events of A. culbertsoni infection of GAE in diabetic mice model. Diabetes was
Maritza Omaña-Molina, Raquel Sanchez-Rocha, Dolores Hernandez-Martinez, Miriam Romero Grijalva, Citlaltepetl Salinas-Lara, Miriam Rodriguez-Sosa, Imelda Juarez-Avelar, Lizbeth Salazar-Villatoro, Arturo Gonzalez-Robles, Adolfo Rene Mendez-Cruz, Patricia Aley-Medina, Jesus Espinosa-Villanueva, Ismael Castelan-Ramirez, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales   +13 more
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Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to free‐living amoebae in two boys in two different hospitals in Lima, Perú

Neuropathology, 2019
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by free‐living amoebae is a rare condition that is difficult to diagnose and hard to treat, generally being fatal. Anti‐amoebic treatment is often delayed because clinical signs and symptoms may hide the probable causing agent misleading the appropriate diagnostic test.
Alfonso Martín Cabello‐Vílchez, Miguel A. Chura‐Araujo, William E. Anicama Lima, César Vela, Angélica Y. Asencio, Hugo García, María del Carmen Garaycochea, César Náquira, Elvis Rojas, Dalila Y. Martínez   +9 more
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Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Mimicking Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2021
Christina E, Douglas, Matthew L, Haynie, Geoffrey A, Weinberg, Mahlon D, Johnson, Rajnish, Bharadwaj, Zoë R, Williams   +5 more
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba spp complicating multidrug-resistant tuberculous meningitis in an immunocompetent individual

BMJ Case Reports
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba spp is a rare, near-fatal central nervous system infection. It is often seen in immunocompromised individuals. Here we describe a survivor of this infection who was co-infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. He presented to us with features of meningitis and a history of chronic cough.
Debasis Mondal, Prantick Kumar Bhunia, Dipamoy Bhattacharya, Ashim Sarkar   +3 more
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