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Balamuthia mandrillaris amebic encephalitis.

Abstract

Amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia spp is an increasingly recognized chronic granulomatous central nervous system infectious process, which may affect both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. The course of the disease is insidious and fatal in most cases, mainly due to delayed diagnosis, difficulty in isolation and/or identification of the organism, and lack of well-established amebicidal therapeutic regimens. This article reviews the clinicopathologic characteristics of infections caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris compared to other pathogenic free-living amebae and summarizes the latest diagnostic and therapeutic advances in infections caused by Balamuthia spp.

Entities: Disease Species

Year: 2007 PMID： 17618553 DOI： 10.1007/s11908-007-0050-z

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Infect Dis Rep ISSN： 1523-3847 Impact factor: 3.725

42 in total

1. Amoebic encephalitis due to Sappinia diploidea.

Authors: B B Gelman; S J Rauf; R Nader; V Popov; J Borkowski; G Chaljub; H W Nauta; G S Visvesvara
Journal: JAMA Date: 2001-05-16 Impact factor: 56.272

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. 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

4. Fatal infections with Balamuthia mandrillaris (a free-living amoeba) in gorillas and other Old World primates.

Authors: B A Rideout; C H Gardiner; I H Stalis; J R Zuba; T Hadfield; G S Visvesvara
Journal: Vet Pathol Date: 1997-01 Impact factor: 2.221

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

Review 6. 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

7. Balamuthia mandrillaris, an opportunistic agent of granulomatous amebic encephalitis, infects the brain via the olfactory nerve pathway.

Authors: Albrecht F Kiderlen; Ulrike Laube
Journal: Parasitol Res Date: 2004-07-30 Impact factor: 2.289

Balamuthia mandrillaris amebic encephalitis.

1. Amoebic encephalitis due to Sappinia diploidea.

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

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

4. Fatal infections with Balamuthia mandrillaris (a free-living amoeba) in gorillas and other Old World primates.

5. Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis presenting with acute hydrocephalus.

Review 6. Encephalitis due to a free-living amoeba (Balamuthia mandrillaris): case report with literature review.

7. Balamuthia mandrillaris, an opportunistic agent of granulomatous amebic encephalitis, infects the brain via the olfactory nerve pathway.

Review 8. Leptomyxid ameba, a new agent of amebic meningoencephalitis in humans and animals.

Review 9. Cultivation of pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amebas.

10. Successful treatment of Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis: presentation of 2 cases.

1. An Unusual Cause of Fever and Headache in a School-Aged Male.

2. Presence of Balamuthia mandrillaris in hot springs from Mazandaran province, northern Iran.

3. First report of the isolation of Balamuthia mandrillaris in the northern region of Japan.