Among the many genera of free-living amoebae that exist in nature, members of only four
genera have an association with human disease: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia …

Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri are mitochondria-
bearing, free-living eukaryotic amebae that have been known to cause infections of the …

Background Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living ameba that causes rare, nearly always
fatal disease in humans and animals worldwide. B. mandrillaris has been isolated from soil …

Diagnoses of these infections are challenging and antimicrobial therapy is empirical, which
often results in fatalities. Further research is needed to explore the possibility of a better drug …

Among various genera of free-living amoebae prevalent in nature, some members are
identified as causative agents of human encephalitis, in which Naegleria fowleri followed by …

The ubiquitous free-living amoebae (FLA) are microorganisms of significant medical,
sanitary, and ecological importance. However, their characterization within solid matrices …

Pathogenic and opportunistic free‐living amebae, such as Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia
mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia pedata, cause devastating central nervous …

Pathogenic free-living amoebae, Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and several
Acanthamoeba species are the etiological agents of severe brain diseases, with case …

This study investigated the occurrence of free-living amoebae (FLA) in immunodeficiency
wards of hospitals in Tehran, Iran. A total of 70 dust and biofilm samples from wards serving …

The present study tested 80 samples of municipal, geothermal and recreational water
samples for the occurrence of waterborne free living amoebae (FLA) including …