Is Balamuthia mandrillaris a public health concern worldwide?

Martín-Navarro, Carmen M.; Martínez-Carretero, Enrique; Cabello Vílchez, Alfonso Martín; Valladares, Basilio; Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob; Piñero, José E.

dc.contributor.author	Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob
dc.contributor.author	Cabello Vílchez, Alfonso Martín
dc.contributor.author	Martín-Navarro, Carmen M.
dc.contributor.author	Martínez-Carretero, Enrique
dc.contributor.author	Piñero, José E.
dc.contributor.author	Valladares, Basilio
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-04T20:33:21Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-04T20:33:21Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10779
dc.description.abstract	Balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic, free-living amoeba that can cause skin lesions and the typically fatal Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE) both in immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. Available data for BAE cases indicate that this disease is difficult to detect because knowledge of predisposing factors is lacking, causing a challenge for diagnosing BAE. The number of reported BAE cases is increasing worldwide, and this is a major concern because little is known about the pathogen, no standardized detection tools are available, and most of the treatments are almost empirical. The recently reported cases, novel diagnostics tools, and successful therapeutic approaches against BAE infections are reviewed here.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Trends in Parasitology
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Balamuthia mandrillaris	en_US
dc.subject	emerging pathogen	en_US
dc.subject	encephalitis	en_US
dc.subject	skin	en_US
dc.title	Is Balamuthia mandrillaris a public health concern worldwide?	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2013.07.009
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.07
dc.relation.issn	1471-5007