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    Balamuthia and Sappinia. The term is most commonly used with Acanthamoeba. In more modern references, the term "balamuthia amoebic encephalitis" (BAE) is commonly...
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  • Sappinia amoebic encephalitis (SAE) is the name for amoebic encephalitis caused by species of Sappinia. The causative organism was originally identified...
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    'inflammation'. Bickerstaff's encephalitis Cerebritis La Crosse encephalitis Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis Sappinia amoebic encephalitis Wernicke's encephalopathy...
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    Naegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), is an almost invariably fatal infection of the brain by the free-living unicellular...
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  • pathogenesis in Sappinia was confirmed. The patient was a non-immunocompromised 38-year-old male who presented signs of amoebic encephalitis and who patient...
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  • PMIDĀ 19495795. S2CIDĀ 28942657. Gelman, B.B. "Parasites-Sappinia". Amoebic encephalitis due to Sappinia diploidea. JAMA, 2001. Retrieved 8 December 2011. Gelman...
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  • in morphology. Sappinia pedata gained clinical significance in 2003 when it was identified as the causative agent of amoebic encephalitis in a previously...
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    Amoeba (redirect from Amoebic)
    Acanthamoeba can cause amoebic keratitis and encephalitis in humans. Balamuthia mandrillaris is the cause of (often fatal) granulomatous amoebic meningoencephalitis...
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    "Description of a Naegleria sp. isolated from two cases of primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis, and of the experimental pathological changes induced by it"...
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  • Acanthamoeba spp. causes mostly subacute or chronic granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), with a clinical picture of headaches, altered mental status...
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