Environmental Isolation of Balamuthia mandrillaris Associated with a Case of Amebic Encephalitis

This report describes the first isolation of the ameba Balamuthia mandrillaris from an environmental soil sample associated with a fatal case of amebic encephalitis in a northern California child. Isolation of the ameba into culture from autopsied brain tissue confirmed the presence of Balamuthia. I...

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Hauptverfasser: Schuster, Frederick L., Dunnebacke, Thelma H., Booton, Gregory C., Yagi, Shigeo, Kohlmeier, Candice K., Glaser, Carol, Vugia, Duc, Bakardjiev, Anna, Azimi, Parvin, Maddux-Gonzalez, Mary, Martinez, A. Julio, Visvesvara, Govinda S.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Society for Microbiology 2003
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Parasitology
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC165348/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12843060
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.7.3175-3180.2003
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