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Emergence of Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis in India

Sumeeta Khurana, Vinaykumar Hallur, MK Goyal, Rakesh Sehgal, BD Radotra

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2015 · 18 citations · 5 references

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We report two cases of fatal chronic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in immunocompetent men. Diagnosis of amoebic meningoencephalitis was made ante-mortem in one case and postmortem in another by histopathological examination and confirmed by demonstration of B. mandrillaris deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

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