Baig, Abdul Mannan and Khan, Naveed Ahmed * (2015) A proposed cascade of vascular events leading to granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Microbial Pathogenesis, 88. pp. 48-51. ISSN 0882-4010
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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba is a chronic disease that almost always results in death. Hematogenous spread is a pre-requisite followed by amoebae invasion of the blood-brain barrier to enter the central nervous system. Given the systemic nature of this infection, a significant latent period of several months before the appearance of clinical manifestations is puzzling. Based on reported cases, here we propose pathogenetic mechanisms that explain the above described latency of the disease.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | First author is with Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Pakistan; 2nd author is with Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Malaysia |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Protists; Acanthamoeba; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology |
| Divisions: | Sunway University > School of Engineering and Technology [formerly School of Science and Technology until 2020] > Dept. Biological Sciences moved to SMLS wef 2021 |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Molly Chuah |
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| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2016 06:59 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2019 01:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/id/eprint/313 |
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