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

Timothy Yu Yee Ong1, Naveed Ahmed Khan2, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui1.   

Abstract

Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris are causative agents of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), while Naegleria fowleri causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). PAM is an acute infection that lasts a few days, while GAE is a chronic to subacute infection that can last up to several months. Here, we present a literature review of 86 case reports from 1968 to 2016, in order to explore the affinity of these amoebae for particular sites of the brain, diagnostic modalities, treatment options, and disease outcomes in a comparative manner.
Copyright © 2017 American Society for Microbiology.

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Keywords:  brain; central nervous system infections; free-living amoebae; meningoencephalitis

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Year:  2017        PMID： 28404683      PMCID： PMC5483900          DOI： 10.1128/JCM.02300-16

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Microbiol        ISSN： 0095-1137            Impact factor:   5.948


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