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Potential anti-amoebic effects of synthetic 1,4-benzothiazine derivatives against Acanthamoeba castellanii

Heliyon
A rare but lethal central nervous system disease known as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) and potentially blinding Acanthamoeba keratitis are diseases caused by free-living Acanthamoeba.
Alishba, Usman Ahmed, Muhammad Taha, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Uzma Salar, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Ayaz Anwar, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui   +7 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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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis in an immunocompetent young female: A rare case with microbiological confirmation and survival

Indian Journal of Case Reports
Granulomatous 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, Dipankar Paul, Chitrita Chatterjee, Raja Ray   +3 more
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Balamuthia mandrillaris—EBV co-infective encephalitis diagnosed by MetaCAP: comparative mNGS validation and epidemiological landscape from 41 Chinese cases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objective: 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, Xueying He, Zeping Han, Fengming Guo, Fangmei Xie, Zengshun Lin, Liangju Chen, Xiaoyu Song, Wenfeng Luo, Feifei Liu, Lei Zhang, Pingping Zhang, Zhiqiang Peng, Jinhua He   +13 more
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Pathogenic Acanthamoeba T4 Genotype Isolated from Mucosal Tissue of a Patient with HIV Infection: A Case Report

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, Maryam NIYYATI, Zeynab JONEIDI   +2 more
doaj  

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, Maryam Niyyati, Hoda Abedkhojasteh, Zahra Babaei, Meysam Sharifdini, Mostafa Rezaeian   +5 more
doaj  

Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis

, 2015
Bruno Di Muzio, Kang Wei Esther Lim, Rohit Sharma   +2 more
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Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba sp. with bacterial co-infection in an immunocompetent critically ill patient: A case report and review of the literature. [PDF]

IDCases
Boukoub N, Amjoud H, Fahde S, ELKhayari M, ELHakkouni A, Hachimi A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A unified digital twin framework for predicting therapeutic response to central nervous system infections by pathogenic free-living amoebae. [PDF]

Parasitol Res
Siddiqui R, Maciver SK, Lloyd D, Khan NA.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Disseminated Acanthamoeba Infection with Necrotic Skin Lesions and Granulomatous Vasculitis, United States. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Koshy M, Flynn C, Kribis M, McNiff J, Grant M, Gleeson SE.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source