Publications, Data, & Statistics
Selected References
- CDC. Investigational drug available directly from CDC for the treatment of infections with free-living amebae. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013;62(33):666.
- CDC. Balamuthia mandrillaris transmitted through organ transplantation—Mississippi, 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59(36):1165-70.
- CDC. Notes from the Field: Transplant-transmitted Balamuthia mandrillaris—Arizona, 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59(36);1182
- Cary LC, Maul E, Potter C, Wong P, Nelson PT, Given C, Robertson W. Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis: survival of a pediatric patient. pdf icon[PDF – 7 pages]external icon Pediatrics. 2010;125: e699-703.
- M. Abramowicz. Drugs for Parasitic Infections. The Medical Letter. 2010.
- Martinez DY, Seas C, Bravo F, Legua P, Ramos C, Cabello AM, Gotuzzo E. Successful treatment of Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebic infection with extensive neurological and cutaneous involvement.external icon Clin Infect Dis. 2010;51:e7-11.
- Schuster FL, Yagi S, Gavali S, Michelson D, Raghavan R, Blomquist I, Glastonbury C, Bollen AW, Scharnhorst D, Reed SL, Kuriyama S, Visvesvara V, Glaser CA. Under the radar: Balamuthia amebic encephalitis.external icon Clin Infect Dis. 2009;48(7):879-87.
- CDC. Balamuthia amebic encephalitis—California 1999-2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008;57(28):768-71.
- Kiderlen, AF, Radam E, Lewin A. Detection of Balamuthia mandrillaris DNA by real-time PCR targeting the RNase P gene.external icon BMC Microbiol. 2008;8:210.
- Siddiqui R, Khan NA. Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis: an emerging disease with fatal consequences.external icon Microb Pathog. 2008;44(2):89-97.
- Schuster FL, Yagi S, Wilkins PP, Gavali S, Visvesvara GS, Glaser CA. Balamuthia mandrillaris, agent of amebic encephalitis: detection of serum antibodies and antigenic similarity of isolates by enzyme immunoassay.external icon J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2008;55(4):313-320.
- Maciver SK. The threat from Balamuthia mandrillaris.external icon J Med Microbiol. 2007;56(Pt 1):1-3.
- Perez MT, Bush LM. Balamuthia mandrillaris amebic encephalitis.external icon Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2007;9(4):323-8.
- Perez MT, Bush LM. Fatal amebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in an immunocompetent host: a clinicopathological review of pathogenic free-living amebae in human hosts.external icon Ann Diagn Pathol. 2007;11(6):440-7.
- Visvesvara GS, Moura H, Schuster FL. Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba spp. , Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia diploidea.external icon FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2007;50(1):1-26.
- Schuster FL, Honarmand S, Visvesvara GS, Glaser CA. Detection of antibodies against free-living amoebae Balamuthia mandrillaris and Acanthamoeba species in a population of patients with encephalitis.external icon Clin Infect Dis. 2006;42(9):1260-5.
- Schuster FL, Glaser C, Honarmand S, Maguire JH, Visvesvara GS. Balamuthia amebic encephalitis risk, Hispanic-Americans.external icon Emerg Infect Dis. 2004;10(8):1510–152.
- Schuster FL, Visvesvara GS. Free-living amoebae as opportunistic and non-opportunistic pathogens of humans and animals.external icon Int J Parasitol. 2004;34(9):1001-27.
- Schuster FL, Visvesvara GS. Opportunistic amoebae: challenges in prophylaxis and treatment.external icon Drug Resist Updat. 2004;7(1):41-51.
- Bravo F, Sanchez MR. New and re-emerging cutaneous infectious diseases in Latin America and other geographic areas.external icon Dermatol Clin. 2003;21(4):655-68, viii.
- Dunnebacke TH, Schuster FL, Yagi S, Booton GC. Isolation of Balamuthia amebas from the environment.external icon J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2003;50 Suppl:510-11.
- Huang ZH, Ferrante A, Carter RF. Serum antibodies to Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living amoeba recently demonstrated to cause granulomatous amoebic encephalitis.external icon J Infect Dis. 1999;179(5):1305-8.
- Martinez AJ, Visvesvara GS. Free-living, amphizoic and opportunistic amebas.external icon Brain Pathol. 1997;7(1):583-98.
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