Serum Antibodies to Balamuthia mandrillaris, a Free-Living Amoeba Recently Demonstrated to Cause Gra...
Serum Antibodies to Balamuthia mandrillaris, a Free-Living Amoeba Recently Demonstrated to Cause Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis
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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press
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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press
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Free-living amoebae cause three well-defined disease entities: a rapidly fatal primary meningoencephalitis, a chronic granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), and a chronic amoebic keratitis. GAE occurs in immunocompromised persons. Recently, another type of free-living amoeba, Balamuthia mandrillaris, has been shown to cause GAE. The finding that...
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Serum Antibodies to Balamuthia mandrillaris, a Free-Living Amoeba Recently Demonstrated to Cause Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69676372
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69676372
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0022-1899
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1537-6613
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10.1086/314731
