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Fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris brain infection associated with improper nasal lavage.

Keenan J Piper1, Haidn Foster2, Daniel Susanto3, Cynthia L Maree4, Sean D Thornton5, Charles S Cobbs6.   

Abstract

We report the case of a 69-year-old female who presented with a chronic nasal skin rash, new onset focal seizure, and a cerebral ring-enhancing lesion after a year of improper nasal irrigation. Despite aggressive and novel anti-amoebic treatment, she died as a result of a Balamuthia mandrillaris brain infection.
Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  Amoeba; Amoebic encephalitis; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Infectious encephalitis; Nasal lavage

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Year:  2018        PMID： 30243910     DOI： 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.09.013

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Infect Dis        ISSN： 1201-9712            Impact factor:   3.623


  6 in total

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Journal:  Water Res       Date:  2021-12-22       Impact factor: 11.236

2.  Active eukaryotes in drinking water distribution systems of ground and surface waterworks.

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Review 3.  Open and clean: the healthy nose.

Authors:  Giorgio Ciprandi; Matteo Gelardi
Journal:  Acta Biomed       Date:  2019-01-14

4.  Balamuthia mandrillaris trophozoites ingest human neuronal cells via a trogocytosis-independent mechanism.

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Journal:  Parasit Vectors       Date:  2022-06-27       Impact factor: 4.047

5.  An Optical and Chemiluminescence Assay for Assessing the Cytotoxicity of Balamuthia mandrillaris against Human Neurospheroids.

Authors:  Worakamol Pengsart; Kasem Kulkeaw
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Review 6.  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
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