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- :Qvarnstrom, Yvonne ;Nerad, Thomas A.2013 Nov-Dec | J Eukaryot Microbiol. 60(6):626-633:Acanthamoeba spp. are free-living amoebae that are ubiquitous in natural environments. They can cause cutaneous, nasopharyngeal, and disseminated infe...
- :Roy, Sharon L. ;Atkins, Jane T.Sep 2 2015 | Parasitol Res. 114(12):4431-4439.:Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living ameba, causes rare but frequently fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE). Few patients have survived aft...
- :Gupte, Asmita A. ;Hocevar, Susan N.May 19 2014 | Am J Transplant. 14(6):1417-1424.:A liver, heart, iliac vessel and two kidneys were recovered from a 39-year-old man who died of traumatic head injury and were transplanted into five r...
- :Cogo, Paola E. ;Scaglia, MassimoOct 2004 | Emerg Infect Dis. 10(10):1835-1837.:We report the first case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Italy, in a 9-year-old boy. Clinical course was fulminant, and diagnosis was made by...
- :Shakoor, Sadia ;Beg, Mohammad AsimFeb 2011 | Emerg Infect Dis. 17(2):258-261.:We report 13 cases of Naegleria fowleri primary amebic meningoencephalitis in persons in Karachi, Pakistan, who had no history of aquatic activities. ...
- :Linam, W. Matthew ;Ahmed, MubbasheerFebruary 09 2015 | Pediatrics. 135(3):e744-e748:Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic, free-living ameba that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis. The infections are nearly always fatal. We pres...
- :Jackson, Brendan R. ;Kucerova, ZuzanaJan 24 2014 | Parasitol Res. 113(4):1305-1311.:Granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) from Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living ameba, has a case fatality rate exceeding 90% among recognized cas...
- :Aichelburg, Alexander C. ;Walochnik, JuliaNov 2008 | Emerg Infect Dis. 14(11):1743-1746:We report on an HIV-negative but immunocompromised patient with disseminated acanthamoebiasis, granulomatous, amoebic encephalitis and underlying mili...
- :Smith, Rachel M. ;Muehlenbachs, AtisMar 2017 | Emerg Infect Dis. 23(3):387-395.:In April 2014, a kidney transplant recipient in the United States experienced headache, diplopia, and confusion, followed by neurologic decline and de...
- :Choudhary, Maria M. ;Metcalfe, Maureen G.Sep 2011 | Emerg Infect Dis. 17(9):1727-1730.:The Phylum Microsporidia comprises >1,200 species, only 15 of which are known to infect humans, including the genera Trachipleistophora, Pleistophora,...
- :Hocevar, Susan N. ;Paddock, Christopher D.2 18 2014 | Ann Intern Med. 160(4):213-220:BackgroundEncephalitozoon cuniculi, a microsporidial species most commonly recognized as a cause of renal, respiratory, and central nervous system inf...
- :Roellig, Dawn M. ;Salzer, Johanna S.5 30 2015 | Vet Parasitol. 210(0):91-97:Since 2005, black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) have been collected for use as research animals from field sites in Kansas, Colorado, and...
- :Shirwadkar, Charudatt G. ;Samant, RohiniJun 2006 | Emerg Infect Dis. 12(6):984-986.:We report a fatal case of encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a 24-year-old woman from India with systemic lupus erythematosus. Diagnosis was made ...
- :Verani, Jennifer R. ;Lorick, Suchita A.Aug 2009 | Emerg Infect Dis. 15(8):1236-1242.:An outbreak of Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare, potentially blinding, corneal infection, was detected in the United States in 2007; cases had been incr...
- :Visvesvara, Govinda S. ;Arrowood, Michael J.Dec 2013 | Emerg Infect Dis. 19(12):2044-2045.
- :Yoder, Jonathan S. ;Straif-Bourgeois, Susanne11 2012 | Clin Infect Dis. 55(9):e79-e85:Background.Naegleria fowleri is a climate-sensitive, thermophilic ameba found in the environment, including warm, freshwater lakes and rivers. Primary...
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