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Balamuthia amebic encephalitis: radiographic and pathologic findings.

Abstract

The radiographic findings of two patients (one, a rare survivor) with meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris are presented with pathologic correlation.

Entities: Disease Species

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Year: 2002 PMID： 11901025 PMCID： PMC7975283

Source DB: PubMed Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol ISSN： 0195-6108 Impact factor: 3.825

11 in total

Review 1. Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris.

Authors: R P Reed; C M Cooke-Yarborough; A L Jaquiery; K Grimwood; A S Kemp; J C Su; J R Forsyth
Journal: Med J Aust Date: 1997-07-21 Impact factor: 7.738

2. Amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris (leptomyxid ameba) in a horse.

Authors: H Kinde; G S Visvesvara; B C Barr; R W Nordhausen; P H Chiu
Journal: J Vet Diagn Invest Date: 1998-10 Impact factor: 1.279

3. Granulomatous amebic encephalitis due to Balamuthia mandrillaris (Leptomyxiidae): report of four cases from Mexico.

Authors: J M Riestra-Castaneda; R Riestra-Castaneda; A A Gonzalez-Garrido; P Pena Moreno; A J Martinez; G S Visvesvara; F Jardon Careaga; J L Oropeza de Alba; S Gonzalez Cornejo
Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg Date: 1997-06 Impact factor: 2.345

4. Amoeba angeitic lesions of the central nervous system in Balamuthia mandrilaris amoebiasis.

Authors: S Recavarren-Arce; C Velarde; E Gotuzzo; J Cabrera
Journal: Hum Pathol Date: 1999-03 Impact factor: 3.466

5. Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis presenting with acute hydrocephalus.

Authors: B J Duke; R W Tyson; R DeBiasi; J E Freeman; K R Winston
Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg Date: 1997-02 Impact factor: 1.162

6. A case of Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis.

Authors: J D Katz; A H Ropper; L Adelman; M Worthington; P Wade
Journal: Arch Neurol Date: 2000-08

Review 7. Encephalitis due to a free-living amoeba (Balamuthia mandrillaris): case report with literature review.

Authors: I Deol; L Robledo; A Meza; G S Visvesvara; R J Andrews
Journal: Surg Neurol Date: 2000-06

8. Brain abscess and necrotic or cystic brain tumor: discrimination with signal intensity on diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

Authors: Y J Kim; K H Chang; I C Song; H D Kim; S O Seong; Y H Kim; M H Han
Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol Date: 1998-12 Impact factor: 3.959

9. Amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in a Czech child: description of the first case from Europe.

Authors: R Kodet; E Nohýnková; M Tichý; J Soukup; G S Visvesvara
Journal: Pathol Res Pract Date: 1998 Impact factor: 3.250

10. [Central nervous system infection by free-living amebas: report of 3 Venezuelan cases].

Authors: R Rodríguez; O Méndez; O Molina; G Luzardo; A J Martínez; G S Visvesvara; J Cardozo
Journal: Rev Neurol Date: 1998-06 Impact factor: 0.870

12 in total

1. Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic encephalitis: an emerging parasitic infection.

Authors: Francisco G Bravo; Carlos Seas
Journal: Curr Infect Dis Rep Date: 2012-08 Impact factor: 3.725

2. Detection of Balamuthia mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene DNA in clinical specimens by PCR.

Authors: Shigeo Yagi; Gregory C Booton; Govinda S Visvesvara; Frederick L Schuster
Journal: J Clin Microbiol Date: 2005-07 Impact factor: 5.948

Review 3. Neuroparasitic infections: cestodes, trematodes, and protozoans.

Authors: M D Walker; J R Zunt
Journal: Semin Neurol Date: 2005-09 Impact factor: 3.420

4. Diagnosis of first case of Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis in Portugal by immunofluorescence and PCR.

Authors: Marta Tavares; Jose M Correia da Costa; S Stirling Carpenter; L A Santos; Caldas Afonso; Alvaro Aguiar; Josue Pereira; Ana Isabel Cardoso; Frederick L Schuster; Shigeo Yagi; Rama Sriram; Govinda S Visvesvara
Journal: J Clin Microbiol Date: 2006-07 Impact factor: 5.948