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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Diseases caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae include primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (Naegleria fowleri), granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (Acanthamoeba spp.), Acanthamoeba keratitis, and Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (Balamuthia ...
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MicroorganismsThe genus Naegleria comprises free-living amoebae characterized as amphizoic and ubiquitous microorganisms. Naegleria fowleri is the only species pathogenic to humans, causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis.
Itzel Citlalli Rubio-Gutiérrez +6 more
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Naegleria fowleri infections [PDF]
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2017 W Matthew, Linam, Jennifer R, Cope
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In Vitro Activity of Statins against Naegleria fowleri
Pathogens, 2019 Naegleria fowleri causes a deadly disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Even though PAM is still considered a rare disease, the number of reported cases worldwide has been increasing each year.
Aitor Rizo-Liendo +11 more
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Neuroinfecção por Naegleria fowleri:
Revista Neurociências, 1999 As amebas de vida livre são seres vivos que se distribuem amplamente no planeta e, em determinadas circunstâncias, podem provocar infecções em animais, dentre os quais o Homo sapiens sapiens. Neste âmbito, vem merecendo destaque a espécie Naegleria fowleri, capaz de desencadear quadros extremamente graves, habitualmente de difícil abordagem diagnóstica
Rodrigo Siqueira Batista +8 more
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Effect of clotrimazole on Naegleria fowleri. [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1975 The sensitivity of 18 strains of Naegleria fowleri to clotrimazole (Bay b5097) was tested. They showed minimal inhibitory concentrations in the range 0-03-0-125 mug/ml, and minimal amoebicidal concentrations in the range 0-125-0-25 mug/ml. Mice inoculated with N. fowleri were not protected from infection by doses of 100 mg clotrimazole/kg per day given
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in an Iranian Infant
Case Reports in Medicine, 2012 Introduction. Naegleria fowleri, a free living amoeba, can cause devastating and deadly diseases in humans. This is the first report of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from Iran. Case report.
Zahra Movahedi +3 more
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NAEGLERIA: BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA
Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 Naegleria is a genus of protozoa. The genus was named after French zoologist Mathieu Naegler. Naegleria is a microscopic amoeba that can cause a very rare, but severe, infection of the brain. A brief historical sketch is given since the discovery of this
Sajjad Ahmad, Shaukat Ali
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Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2017 Background: Swimming in contaminated water was reported to be associated with Acanthamoeba and N. fowleri human infections. The present study was carried out with the aim of isolation and identification of the different species of Acanthamoeba and ...
Ahmad Z. AL-HERRAWY +4 more
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