• Balamuthia mandrillaris and Acanthamoeba amebic encephalitis with neurotoxoplasmosis coinfection in a patient with advanced HIV infection. (ac.ir)
  • Booton GC, Schuster FL, Carmichael JR, Fuerst PA, Byers TJ (2003) Balamuthia mandrillaris: identification of clinical and environmental isolates using genus-specific PCR. (springer.com)
  • Use of subgenic 18S ribosomal DNA PCR and sequencing for genus and genotype identification of Acanthamoebae from humans with keratitis and from sewage sludge. (ac.ir)
  • A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay using TaqMan probes (real-time PCR) was established specifically targeting the RNase P gene of B. mandrillaris amoebae. (nih.gov)
  • The assay detected at least 2 (down to 0.5) genomes of B. mandrillaris grown in axenic culture. (nih.gov)
  • The assay efficiently detected B. mandrillaris DNA in spiked cell cultures, spiked murine organ homogenates, B. mandrillaris-infected mice, and CNS tissue-DNA preparations from 2 patients with proven cerebral balamuthiasis. (nih.gov)
  • This novel primer set was successfully combined with a published set that targets the B. mandrillaris 18S rRNA gene in a duplex real-time PCR assay to ensure maximum specificity and as a precaution against false negative results. (nih.gov)