Imaging findings of Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis in 2 cases with different prognosis and literature review [PDF]
BMC NeurologyIntroduction Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis is a rare granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by infection with Balamuthia mandrillaris with a fatality rate over 90%.
Yanjia Chen, Tingting Zhang, Haiyan Lou
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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.
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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
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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 ...
Nianxia Fu, Jianxun Song
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Serum Antibodies toBalamuthia mandrillaris,a Free‐Living Amoeba Recently Demonstrated to Cause Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis [PDF]
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999 Free-living amoebae cause three well-defined disease entities: a rapidly fatal primary meningoencephalitis, a chronic granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), and a chronic amoebic keratitis. GAE occurs in immunocompromised persons. Recently, another type of free-living amoeba, Balamuthia mandrillaris, has been shown to cause GAE.
Huang, Z., Ferrante, A., Carter, R.
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis: ghost response of an immunocompromised host?
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2014 Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia mandrillaris spp. are known to cause fatal amoebic encephalitis. Here, I attempt to draw attention to these cases, which are reported as ‘granulomatous amoebic encephalitis’ (GAE), and their occurrence in immunocompromised individuals and patients with AIDS.
Baig, Abdul Mannan
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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 ...
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A Rare Case of Fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis in a Pediatric Patient: Diagnostic Challenges [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesBalamuthia mandrillaris is a rare and lethal amoeba that causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), a severe brain infection with a high mortality rate. This manuscript presents a case study of a 5‐year‐old female patient with B. mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis.
Amado I, Italia Y, Luke R, Whitworth M.
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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 ScienceBalamuthia 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 +36 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 ControlAcanthamoeba 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 +8 more
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