The radiographic findings of two patients (one, a rare survivor) with meningoencephalitis
caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris are presented with pathologic correla-tion. Recently …

Case histories are presented of 2 individuals (a 5-year-old girl and 64-year-old man) who
developed encephalitis caused by the free-living amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris Both …

Balamuthia mandrillarisis a newly described pathogen that causes granulomatous amebic
encephalitis, an extremely rare clinical entity that usually occurs in immunosuppressed …

Encephalitis caused by Balamuthia amebic species is an increasingly recognized chronic
granulomatous infectious process that may affect both immunocompetent and …

The article discusses a report by the California Encephalitis Project (CEP) which examines
balamuthia encephalitis cases between 1999-2007. Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living …

Amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris: repor... : The Pediatric Infectious
Disease Journal Amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris: report of four cases …

Granulomatous amebic encephalitis is an uncommon central nervous system (CNS)
infection, usually caused by Acanthamoeba spp., which generally occurs in …

Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis is a rare but often fatal infection; only 2
survivors have been reported to date worldwide. We report the case of an apparently …

Background. We present data from 9 years (1999–2008) of tests for Balamuthia mandrillaris,
an agent of amebic encephalitis that were conducted as part of the California Encephalitis …

We report the development of an enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting
antibodies to Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free‐living ameba that is an etiologic agent of …