Definition of Balamuthia mandrillaris. Meaning of Balamuthia mandrillaris. Synonyms of Balamuthia mandrillaris

- Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba that causes the rare but deadly neurological condition granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). B. mandrillaris...
- "balamuthia amoebic encephalitis" (BAE) is commonly used when Balamuthia mandrillaris is the cause. GAE starts slowly, with symptoms like headache, nausea...
- and free-living amoeba infections such as Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris. This includes the three forms of leishmaniasis: cutaneous, visceral...
- 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...
- compound that could be repurposed as an amoebicidal agent against Balamuthia mandrillaris which causes the fatal disease granulomatous amoebic encephalitis...
- spp., which causes the slow-acting infection acanthamoebiasis Balamuthia mandrillaris, which causes balamuthiasis Paravahlkampfia francinae, which causes...
- term has also been applied to Balamuthia mandrillaris, causing some confusion between the two; Balamuthia mandrillaris is unrelated to Naegleria fowleri...
- Acanthamoeba, it is also known as "cutaneous acanthamoebiasis". Balamuthia mandrillaris can also cause cutaneous amoebiasis, but can prove fatal if the...
- Acanthamoeba can cause amoebic keratitis and encephalitis in humans. Balamuthia mandrillaris is the cause of (often fatal) granulomatous amoebic meningoencephalitis...
- "Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia diploidea". FEMS Immunology &...