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Phenotypic Screens Reveal Posaconazole as a Rapidly Acting Amebicidal Combination Partner for Treatment of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

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Beatrice L Colon and others
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 219, Issue 7, 1 April 2019, Pages 1095–1103, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy622
Published: 24 October 2018
... posaconazole could replace fluconazole in the treatment of PAM. Phenotypic screens identified 14 drugs active against Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. In vitro and in vivo data demonstrate that posaconazole is a potent, rapidly acting drug with potential...
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Comparison of next‐generation droplet digital PCR with quantitative PCR for enumeration of Naegleria fowleri in environmental water and clinical samples Get access

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J. Xue and others
Letters in Applied Microbiology, Volume 67, Issue 4, 1 October 2018, Pages 322–328, https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.13051
Published: 01 October 2018
.... and Beach , M.J. ( 2010 ) The epidemiology of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in the USA, 1962‐2008 . Epidemiol Infect   138 , 968 – 975 . Yoder , J.S. , Straif‐Bourgeois , S. , Roy , S.L. , Moore , T.A. , Visvesvara , G.S. , Ratard , R.C. , Hill , V.R. , Wilson , J.D...
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Diagnosis, Clinical Course, and Treatment of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in the United States, 1937–2013 Get access

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Linda G. Capewell and others
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2015, Pages e68–e75, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piu103
Published: 23 October 2014
.... fowleri infection confirmed by PCR [ 10 ]. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) (0–8 infections/year in the United States) is a rapidly progressive illness with a case-fatality rate that is greater than 97%. The causative agent for PAM is Naegleria fowleri , a ubiquitous, thermophilic...
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Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia diploidea

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Govinda S. Visvesvara and others
FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, Volume 50, Issue 1, June 2007, Pages 1–26, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00232.x
Published: 01 June 2007
... ( Schuster & Visvesvara, 2004a ). primary amoebic meningoencephalitis granulomatous amoebic encephalitis amphizoic amoebae central nervous system infection skin infection Acanthamoeba keratitis Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae such as Acanthamoeba spp...
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Journal of Applied Microbiology, Volume 94, Issue s1, 1 May 2003, Pages 131–138, https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.94.s1.17.x
Published: 01 May 2003
... amoebiasis amoebic meningoencephalitis amplification in Campylobacter anaerobic digestion animal faecal wastes aquaculture, infection transmission in Asian tiger mosquito see Aedes spp., albopictus Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) management strategies in South–East Asia...
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Identification of Naegleria fowleri and other Naegleria spp. (free-living amoebae) using cellulose acetate membrane electrophoresis of glucose phosphate isomerase

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Simon Kilvington
FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 133, Issue 3, November 1995, Pages 219–223, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07888.x
Published: 01 November 1995
... of identifying N. fowleri soon after isolation from the environment. Free-living amoebae Naegleria spp. Naegleria fowleri Glucose phosphate isomerase Isoenzyme electrophoresis Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis References [1] Carter R.F. ( 1972 ) Primary amoebic...
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Amoebic Infections of the Central Nervous System Get access

Pratibha Singhi and Arushi G. Saini
in Neurobiology of Disease (2 edn)
Published: 01 August 2016
... their pathogenesis, rapid diagnostic tools, clinical features, and treatment strategies. Management includes timely, appropriate, and adequate antimicrobial therapy and supportive care. amoebic meningoencephalitis neuroinfection blood-brain barrier primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) granulomatous amoebic...