Emergence of Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis in India

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2015 Apr-Jun;33(2):298-300. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.154887.

Abstract

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).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amebiasis / diagnosis*
  • Amebiasis / parasitology
  • Amebiasis / pathology*
  • Balamuthia mandrillaris / isolation & purification*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Chronic Disease
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • India
  • Male
  • Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis*
  • Meningoencephalitis / parasitology
  • Meningoencephalitis / pathology*
  • Microscopy
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan