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Balamuthia

A genus of free-living amoeba in the family Balamuthiidae. Its life cycle includes a cystic stage and a trophozoite stage, both of which are… 
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2018
2018
Report: Effect of macrophage alone or primed with cytokines on Balamuthia mandrillaris interactions with human brain microvascular endothelial cells in vitro.
Balamuthia mandrillaris is well known to cause fatal Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE). Amoebic transmission into the central… 
2017
2017
Acanthamoeba Brain Abscess Confirmed by Molecular Identification
Clinical manifestations of infection of the brain caused by amoeba are divided into two types: primary amebic meningoencephalitis… 
2016
2016
Fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a newly diagnosed patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) caused by certain species belonging to the genus Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, or Naegleria… 
2015
2015
Infection and Cancer Screening in Potential Living Donors: Best Practices to Protect the Donor and Recipient
Twenty-one percent of transplants in the US come from live donors. Data show that live-donor transplantation is a safe practice… 
2014
2014
The isolation of Balamuthia mandrillaris from environmental sources from Peru
Balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic free-living amoeba that has been reported to cause skin lesions and the fatal… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis associated with solid organ transplantation--review of cases.
We report the first identified transmission of Balamuthia mandrillaris through solid organ transplantation. Kidneys were… 
2008
2008
Demonstration of Balamuthia and Acanthamoeba mitochondrial DNA in sectioned archival brain and other tissues by the polymerase chain reaction
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is a usually fatal disease caused by the free-living amoebae Balamuthia mandrillaris and… 
2007
2007
Demonstration of Balamuthia and Acanthamoeba mitochondrial DNA in sectioned archival brain and other tissues by the polymerase chain reaction
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) is a usually fatal disease caused by the free-living amoebae Balamuthia mandrillaris and… 
2006
2006
[Granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris. First case diagnosed in Chile].
The case of a 7 month-old baby boy is presented, with a history of several weeks of evolution of personality changes, convulsions… 
2005
2005
Protacanthamoeba bohemica sp. n., Isolated from the Liver of Tench, Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
A new species of amphizoic amoeba, Protacanthamoeba bohemica sp. n., isolated from the liver of Tinca tinca (Cypriniformes… 
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