Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba that causes the rare but deadly neurological condition granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). B. mandrillaris...
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (section Balamuthia)
"balamuthia amoebic encephalitis" (BAE) is commonly used when Balamuthia mandrillaris is the cause. Similarly, Sappinia amoebic encephalitis (SAE) is...
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and free-living amoeba infections such as Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris. This includes the three forms of leishmaniasis: cutaneous, visceral...
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saline water. In 2018, a patient was reported to have contracted Balamuthia mandrillaris after one month of using tap water filtered through a Brita water...
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Nitroxoline (section Balamuthia infection)
compound that could be repurposed as an amoebicidal agent against Balamuthia mandrillaris which causes the fatal disease granulomatous amoebic encephalitis...
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term has also been applied to Balamuthia mandrillaris, causing some confusion between the two; Balamuthia mandrillaris is unrelated to Naegleria fowleri...
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spp., which causes the slow-acting infection acanthamoebiasis Balamuthia mandrillaris, which causes balamuthiasis Paravahlkampfia francinae, which causes...
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histolytica and Entamoeba coli - can cause Amoebiasis Acanthamoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris Giardia Cyclospora cayetanensis Cryptosporidium Toxoplasma gondii...
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association with contact lenses.[citation needed] Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris are opportunistic free-living amoebae capable of causing granulomatous...
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"Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia diploidea". FEMS Immunology &...
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