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Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2009
Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Sappinia sp. are pathogenic free-living amoebae. N. fowleri causes Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, a rapidly fatal disease of the central nervous system, while Acanthamoeba spp.
Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Francine Marciano-Cabral   +2 more
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Outbreak of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in Kerala

RGUHS Journal of Medical Sciences
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P S Shankar
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A preliminary study on Naegleria species in water bodies of Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Introduction and Objective: Species belonging to the genus Naegleria are free-living ubiquitous protozoa. They have been isolated from most regions of the world. N.
JANS Gunarathna, D Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe   +2 more
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Epidemiology of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis-related deaths due to Naegleria fowleri infections from freshwater in Pakistan: An analysis of 8-year dataset

Archives of Pharmacy Practice, 2016
Objective: This study was aimed at gathering all the data related to Naegleria fowleri resulted primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) deaths in Pakistan and present it in a dataset, conduct statistical analysis to report any significant finding and ...
Atta Abbas Naqvi, Nida Yazdani, Rizwan Ahmad, Fatima Zehra, Niyaz Ahmad   +4 more
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Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, Volume 600, Issue 5, Page 591-611, March 2026.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
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Fatal Case of Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis from Indoor Surfing Center, Taiwan, 2023

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We investigated a fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from an indoor surfing center in Taiwan. The case was detected through encephalitis syndromic surveillance.
Hsin-Yi Wei, Yi-Wen Lai, Shu-Ying Li, Yen-I Lee, Meng-Kai Hu, Da-Der Ji, Chia-ping Su   +6 more
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Identification of Potential Therapeutic Agents for Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Using Text Mining and Bioinformatics Analyses

Analytical Cellular Pathology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Naegleria fowleri, the brain‐eating ameba, causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a fatal infectious disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). We aimed to evaluate the functions and potential drugs targeting PAM using text mining and bioinformatics analyses.
Eun Jung Sohn, Hyeonseo Jo, Kun Taek Park, Andrey Elchaninov   +3 more
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Cellular Coordination of Transcription Factors and Regulatory Genes for Cryptococcal Virulence

Cellular Microbiology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogen belonging to the family Cryptococcaceae, capable of causing systemic and invasive fungal infections in humans and animals. The infection caused by Cryptococcus is lethal primarily in immunocompromised individuals due to the overwhelming expression of virulence factors that drive cryptococcosis in ...
Olufemi S. Folorunso, Olihile M. Sebolai, Sanket Kaushik   +2 more
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Community-acquired meningoencephalitis due to concomitant infection caused by Naegleria fowleri and Streptococcus pneumoniae from Karachi, Pakistan: A Case Report

, 2023
Naegleria fowleri causes acute fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in adults and children with a history of exposure to aquatic activities. However, several cases of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) have been reported from Karachi with no ...
Ghanchi, Najia Karim, Bibi, Safia, Sultan, Binish Arif, Zafar, Afia   +3 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis and the Naegleria fowleri Freshwater Amoeba: A New Concern for Northern Climates [PDF]

, 2023
Naegleria fowleri (N fowleri), the freshwater amoeba known to cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), is historically found in the southern United States and Central America.
Towne, Karen, Polivka, Barbara
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