Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome
Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris are causative agents of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), while Naegleria fowleri causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). PAM is an acute infection lasting few days, while GAE is a chronic to subacute infection that can last up to sever...
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| author | Ong, Timothy Yu Yee * Khan, Naveed Ahmed * Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Bano * |
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| description | Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris are causative agents of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), while Naegleria fowleri causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). PAM is an acute infection lasting few days, while GAE is a chronic to subacute infection that can last up to several months. Here, we present a literature review of 86 case reports from 1968 to 2016 in order to explore affinity of these amoebae towards particular sites of the brain, diagnostic modalities, treatment options and the disease outcome in a comparative manner. |
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| spelling | sunway-4872019-07-03T08:31:35Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/487/ Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome Ong, Timothy Yu Yee * Khan, Naveed Ahmed * Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Bano * QR Microbiology Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris are causative agents of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), while Naegleria fowleri causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). PAM is an acute infection lasting few days, while GAE is a chronic to subacute infection that can last up to several months. Here, we present a literature review of 86 case reports from 1968 to 2016 in order to explore affinity of these amoebae towards particular sites of the brain, diagnostic modalities, treatment options and the disease outcome in a comparative manner. American Society for Microbiology 2017-04-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/487/1/Naveed%20Khan%207.pdf Ong, Timothy Yu Yee * and Khan, Naveed Ahmed * and Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Bano * (2017) Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. ISSN 0095-1137 |
| spellingShingle | QR Microbiology Ong, Timothy Yu Yee * Khan, Naveed Ahmed * Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Bano * Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome |
| title | Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome |
| title_full | Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome |
| title_fullStr | Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome |
| title_short | Brain-eating amoebae: Predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome |
| title_sort | brain-eating amoebae: predilection sites in the brain and disease outcome |
| topic | QR Microbiology |
| url | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/487/ http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/487/1/Naveed%20Khan%207.pdf |