ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Molecular Diagnosis of Encephalitis/Meningoencephalitis Caused by Free-Living Amoebae from a Tertiary Center in India.
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- Fatal brain infection in early life: primary amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri in neonates and infants.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Beyond granulomatous amoebic encephalitis: changing epidemiology and an expanding spectrum of non-flagellated amoebic CNS infection in India.Infection · 2026Review
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- Cyclic Peptide Natural Product Inspired Inhibitors of the Free-Living AmoebaJournal of natural products · 2025Article
- Free-living amoebae: a journey into historical aspects and to current discoveries.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2025Review
- Molecular diagnostics in cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of central nervous system infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Review
- Free-living amoebic encephalitis - Case series.Tropical parasitologyArticle
- Free-living amoebae.Tropical parasitologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPathogenic free-living amoeba (FLA) such as
methodsThis study included samples from 156 patients with suspected encephalitis/meningoencephalitis, including 149 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples, 5 brain tissue biopsies, and 2 brain abscess samples. All the samples were subjected to PCR-based detection of
resultsWe detected 11 samples positive for FLA, including 6
conclusionsThe PCR-based detection of FLA in patients suspected of encephalitis/meningoencephalitis was found to be fast, efficient, and reliable in our study. We suggest the use of these PCRs in laboratories to obtain additional data on their efficiency in diagnosing FLA infections of the CNS. The present study was conducted with a small sample size of 156 patient samples, and we found only six
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