Literature DB >> 29323087

Opportunistic free: Living amoeba now becoming a usual pathogen?

Dnyaneshwari Purushottam Ghadage1, Archana Chintaman Choure1, Archana Bhimrao Wankhade2, Arvind Vamanrao Bhore1.   

Abstract

Acanthamoeba species cause granulomatous Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of acute purulent meningoencephalitis with a focal neurological deficit caused by Acanthamoeba species in a 2 years immunocompetent child.

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Year:  2017        PMID： 29323087     DOI： 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_815_16

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Pathol Microbiol        ISSN： 0377-4929            Impact factor:   0.740


  5 in total

Review 1.  Various brain-eating amoebae: the protozoa, the pathogenesis, and the disease.

Authors:  Hongze Zhang; Xunjia Cheng
Journal:  Front Med       Date:  2021-11-26       Impact factor: 4.592

2.  Recognition of Cell Wall Mannosylated Components as a Conserved Feature for Fungal Entrance, Adaptation and Survival Within Trophozoites of Acanthamoeba castellanii and Murine Macrophages.

Authors:  Marina da Silva Ferreira; Susana Ruiz Mendoza; Diego de Souza Gonçalves; Claudia Rodríguez-de la Noval; Leandro Honorato; Leonardo Nimrichter; Luís Felipe Costa Ramos; Fábio C S Nogueira; Gilberto B Domont; José Mauro Peralta; Allan J Guimarães
Journal:  Front Cell Infect Microbiol       Date:  2022-05-31       Impact factor: 6.073

3.  Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases.

Authors:  Sohini Das; Karthik Gunasekaran; Sitara S R Ajjampur; Dilip Abraham; Tina George; M Asisha Janeela; Ramya Iyadurai
Journal:  J Family Med Prim Care       Date:  2020-02-28

4.  Acanthamoeba species from a post-covid patient with CSF rhinorrhea; a next possible post covid menace? A case report.

Authors:  Archana Keche; Sharmistha Chakravarty; Shagufta Khatoon; Pankaj Kannauje; Ripu Daman Arora
Journal:  Indian J Med Microbiol       Date:  2022-10-13       Impact factor: 1.347

Review 5.  Drugs used for the treatment of cerebral and disseminated infections caused by free-living amoebae.

Authors:  Alexandre Taravaud; Zineb Fechtali-Moute; Philippe M Loiseau; Sébastien Pomel
Journal:  Clin Transl Sci       Date:  2021-03-01       Impact factor: 4.689
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