Literature DB >> 18625680

Increasing importance of Balamuthia mandrillaris.

Abdul Matin1, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Samantha Jayasekera, Naveed Ahmed Khan.   

Abstract

Balamuthia mandrillaris is an emerging protozoan parasite, an agent of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis involving the central nervous system, with a case fatality rate of >98%. This review presents our current understanding of Balamuthia infections, their pathogenesis and pathophysiology, and molecular mechanisms associated with the disease, as well as virulence traits of Balamuthia that may be potential targets for therapeutic interventions and/or for the development of preventative measures.

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Year:  2008        PMID： 18625680      PMCID： PMC2493082          DOI： 10.1128/CMR.00056-07

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev        ISSN： 0893-8512            Impact factor:   26.132


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

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Journal:  Med J Aust       Date:  1997-07-21       Impact factor: 7.738

2.  Selective expression of adhesion molecules on human brain microvascular endothelial cells.

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Journal:  J Neuroimmunol       Date:  1997-06       Impact factor: 3.478

3.  Resistance of Acanthamoeba species to complement lysis.

Authors:  D M Toney; F Marciano-Cabral
Journal:  J Parasitol       Date:  1998-04       Impact factor: 1.276

4.  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

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

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Journal:  Hum Pathol       Date:  1999-03       Impact factor: 3.466

6.  Amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in an orang utan.

Authors:  P J Canfield; L Vogelnest; M I Cunningham; G S Visvesvara
Journal:  Aust Vet J       Date:  1997-02       Impact factor: 1.281

7.  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

8.  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

9.  Neutral proteases and disruption of the blood-brain barrier in rat.

Authors:  D Armao; M Kornfeld; E Y Estrada; M Grossetete; G A Rosenberg
Journal:  Brain Res       Date:  1997-09-05       Impact factor: 3.252

10.  The evolutionary history of the genus Acanthamoeba and the identification of eight new 18S rRNA gene sequence types.

Authors:  D R Stothard; J M Schroeder-Diedrich; M H Awwad; R J Gast; D R Ledee; S Rodriguez-Zaragoza; C L Dean; P A Fuerst; T J Byers
Journal:  J Eukaryot Microbiol       Date:  1998 Jan-Feb       Impact factor: 3.346
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1.  The immortal amoeba: a useful model to study cellular differentiation processes?

Authors:  Naveed Ahmed Khan; Huma Baqir; Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui
Journal:  Pathog Glob Health       Date:  2015       Impact factor: 2.894

2.  Serologic survey for exposure following fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris infection.

Authors:  Brendan R Jackson; Zuzana Kucerova; Sharon L Roy; Glenda Aguirre; Joli Weiss; Rama Sriram; Jonathan Yoder; Rebecca Foelber; Steven Baty; Gordana Derado; Susan L Stramer; Valerie Winkelman; Govinda S Visvesvara
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2014-01-24       Impact factor: 2.289

Review 3.  Brain-Eating Amoebae: Predilection Sites in the Brain and Disease Outcome.

Authors:  Timothy Yu Yee Ong; Naveed Ahmed Khan; Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2017-04-12       Impact factor: 5.948

4.  Molecular identification of bacterial endosymbionts of Sappinia strains.

Authors:  Daniele Corsaro; Claudia Wylezich; Julia Walochnik; Danielle Venditti; Rolf Michel
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2016-11-09       Impact factor: 2.289

5.  The Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Balamuthia mandrillaris Disease in the United States, 1974-2016.

Authors:  Jennifer R Cope; Janet Landa; Hannah Nethercut; Sarah A Collier; Carol Glaser; Melanie Moser; Raghuveer Puttagunta; Jonathan S Yoder; Ibne K Ali; Sharon L Roy
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2019-05-17       Impact factor: 9.079

6.  Transmission of Balamuthia mandrillaris through solid organ transplantation: utility of organ recipient serology to guide clinical management.

Authors:  A A Gupte; S N Hocevar; A S Lea; R D Kulkarni; D C Schain; M J Casey; I R Zendejas-Ruiz; W K Chung; C Mbaeyi; S L Roy; G S Visvesvara; A J da Silva; J Tallaj; D Eckhoff; J W Baddley
Journal:  Am J Transplant       Date:  2014-05-19       Impact factor: 8.086

7.  Isolation of Balamuthia mandrillaris from soil samples in North-Western Iran.

Authors:  Maryam Niyyati; Seyed Ahmad Karamati; Jacob Lorenzo Morales; Zohreh Lasjerdi
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2016-02       Impact factor: 2.289

8.  The isolation of Balamuthia mandrillaris from environmental sources from Peru.

Authors:  Alfonso Martín Cabello-Vílchez; María Reyes-Batlle; Esmelda Montalbán-Sandoval; Carmen Ma Martín-Navarro; Atteneri López-Arencibia; Rafaela Elias-Letts; Humberto Guerra; Eduardo Gotuzzo; Enrique Martínez-Carretero; José E Piñero; Sutherland K Maciver; Basilio Valladares; Jacob Lorenzo-Morales
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2014-04-30       Impact factor: 2.289

9.  Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis associated with solid organ transplantation--review of cases.

Authors:  Matthew LaFleur; David Joyner; Bruce Schlakman; Ludwig Orozco-Castillo; Majid Khan
Journal:  J Radiol Case Rep       Date:  2013-09-01

10.  Diagnosis of infections caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae.

Authors:  Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo; Herbert B Tanowitz; Francine Marciano-Cabral
Journal:  Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis       Date:  2009-08-02
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