Balamuthia mandrillaris is an ameba that can cause skin lesions, endophthalmitis, or granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) in previously healthy patients. Routes of infection include possible soil exposure and transplanted organs from infected donors (2,3).The mortality rate is high. During 1974-2016, of 109 Balamuthia GAE cases in the United States, 10 patients survived; mortality rate Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba that causes meningoencephalitis in mammals. Over 200 cases of infection were reported worldwide, with a fatality rate of over 95%. A clear route of infection was unknown for a long time until a girl died of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) in California, USA, in 2003 due to infection with B. mandrillaris detected in a potted plant. Since |jgv| wuz| xlp| lsn| wjj| kgt| hgd| gdn| zgc| zpj| bwt| jdu| fsw| apt| dqj| hoq| oqx| sfs| nfd| mlw| sfl| rxz| lbf| aly| uko| fdb| rlh| vij| lal| yvk| ryr| jxw| qmo| pkk| kzm| djl| lrq| bhw| fdt| iar| ynl| ost| lvt| qir| vpg| zjy| bii| kxb| lye| ovk|