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Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba in a Patient With Kidney Transplant: A Case Report. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis, 2015
Abstract Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) due to Acanthamoeba is almost a uniformly fatal infection in immune-compromised hosts despite multidrug combination therapy. We report a case of GAE in a female who received a deceased donor kidney graft.
Salameh A, Bello N, Becker J, Zangeneh T.   +3 more
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A Novel Balamuthia Lineage Causing Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis in an Immunocompetent Infant

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: To characterize a genetically distinct Balamuthia lineage causing fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) in a 10-month-old infant and highlight diagnostic challenges compounded by SARS-COV-2 infection comorbidity. Methods: Case report
Zhongqiu Teng, Linlin Liu, Tianming Chen, Junrong Liang, Xingfeng Yao, Na Zhao, Fengmao Zhao, Hailang Sun, Lijuan Wang, Quan Wang, Gang Liu, Tian Qin   +11 more
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Treatment of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis with voriconazole and miltefosine in an immunocompetent soldier. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2012
A 38-year-old male immunocompetent soldier developed generalized seizures. He underwent surgical debulking and a progressive demyelinating pseudotumor was identified. Serology and molecular testing confirmed a diagnosis of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba sp. in this immunocompetent male.
Webster D, Umar I, Kolyvas G, Bilbao J, Guiot MC, Duplisea K, Qvarnstrom Y, Visvesvara GS.   +7 more
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Pathogenic free-living amoebic encephalitis from 48 cases in China: A systematic review

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
BackgroundFree-living amoebae (FLA) including Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris can become pathogenic and cause severe cerebral infections, named primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), granulomatous amoebic ...
Xiang-Ting Chen, Qian Zhang, Si-Yuan Wen, Fei-Fei Chen, Chang-Qing Zhou   +4 more
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Fatal amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in Pongo pygmaeus and first case report in Pan troglodytes verus [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Balamuthia mandrillaris is an amoeba that can cause granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) as well as lung and skin infections in both humans and animals. Studies on B. mandrillaris-related GAE cases have increased in recent years. This amoeba has been
Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Loles Carbonell, Jesús Recuero-Gil, Javier Martinez, Rosa Martinez-Valverde, Carmen Martinez-Fernandez, Joaquín Ortega-Porcel, Agustín Barragán Hernández, Juan M. Corpa, Estefanía Montero Cortijo, Jesús Sánchez-Nicolás, Sergio Moya, Patricia Pérez-Pérez, Patricia Pérez-Pérez, María Reyes-Batlle, María Reyes-Batlle, María Reyes-Batlle, Angélica Domíngez-de-Barros, Angélica Domíngez-de-Barros, Omar García-Pérez, Omar García-Pérez, Angela Magnet, Fernando Izquierdo, Soledad Fenoy, Carmen del Águila, Elizabeth Córdoba-Lanús, Elizabeth Córdoba-Lanús, Francisco de Asis García-González, Miguel Casares, José E. Piñero, José E. Piñero, José E. Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales   +36 more
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Successful Treatment of Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis with Combination Antimicrobial Therapy

Internal Medicine, 2013
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is a rare but fatal infection. Due to its nonspecific symptoms and laboratory and neuroradiological findings, it is rarely diagnosed antemortem. We herein present the case of a 72-year-old Japanese woman who was diagnosed with GAE following the detection of a pathogen similar to Balamuthia mandrillaris under a ...
Kato, Hideki, Mitake, Shigehisa, Yuasa, Hiroyuki, Hayashi, Shigemasa, Hara, Tatsuru, Matsukawa, Noriyuki   +5 more
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis presenting as a solitary mass lesion

Radiology of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Abstract Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis is a rare progressive infectious disease of the central nervous system with a high mortality rate. It usually presents as multiple ring-enhancing lesions in the brain with surrounding edema evident, while the granulomatous amoeba encephalitis reported in this case is manifested as a solitary mass in the ...
Nian Xia Fu, Jianxun Song, Xu Huang, Guo Hui Lin   +3 more
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Repurposing CNS drugs Zonisamide and Perampanel conjugated with silver nanoparticles as an anti-amoebic agent in combating Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) infection caused by Acanthamoeba castellanii and Naegleria Fowleri [PDF]

Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Acanthamoeba castellanii (A. castellanii) and Naegleria fowleri (N. fowleri) are free-living amoebae that cause Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), respectively rare but often fatal central nervous ...
Devandran Apparasamy, Niwasini Krishna Kumar, Chris Izaak Jones, Yee Mon Htet, Haema Thevanayagam, Usman Ahmed, Mohd Farooq Shaik, Ayaz Anwar, Kavitha Rajendran   +8 more
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Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis directly causing intracranial infection: A case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE) is a rare and often fatal central nervous system (CNS) infection caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living amoeba typically found in soil and water. This organism can invade the brain directly, bypassing other
Yuhan Liang, Yanhong Liu, Zelong Chen, Jiayi Sun, Xuemeng Zhang, Yulin Wang   +5 more
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Genotyping of <i>Acanthamoeba</i> From Different Wards of Gonabad Bohlool Hospital, Northeastern Iran. [PDF]

Int J Microbiol
Background: Acanthamoeba is a free‐living amoeba that is widely found in nature in different environments such as soil, water, and dust. This parasite is the cause of amoebic keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. This study is aimed at investigating the prevalence and genotypes of Acanthamoeba in different wards of Gonabad Bohlool Hospital,
Salehi M, Spotin A, Moradi M, Rostamian M, Rokni HR.   +4 more
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