Balamuthia mandrillaris
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Etiology
- case of a woman in Seattle who developed a brain abscess due to Balamuthia mandrillaris from using a neti pot filled with top water filtered with a Brita Water purifier[3]
Pathology
- amoebic meningoencephalitis
- uniformly fatal
Clinical manifestations
Laboratory
- does not grow on agar media used for Naegleria & Acanthamoeba
- may be recovered in tissue culture in mammalian cell lines
- indistinguishable from Acanthamoeba microscopically[2]
- Balamuthia mandrillaris DNA
More general terms
References
- ↑ Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1270
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Samuels MA, Gonzalez RG, Makadzange AT, Hedley-Whyte ET Case 3-2017 - A 62-Year-Old Man with Cardiac Sarcoidosis and New Diplopia and Weakness. N Engl J Med 2017; 376:368-379. January 26, 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28121502 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcpc1610713
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Goldstein J Woman Contracted Rare and Fatal Brain-Eating Amoeba After Using Neti Pot with Tap Water: Doctor People. Dec 6, 2018 via MSN News Dec 7, 2018 https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/woman-contracted-rare-and-fatal-brain-eating-amoeba-after-using-neti-pot-with-tap-water-doctor/