| notes from the field: transplant-transmitted balamuthia mandrillaris --- arizona, 2010. | on august 23, 2010, cdc was notified regarding two organ transplant recipients in arizona who had encephalitis with multiple ring-enhancing lesions revealed by cerebral magnetic resonance imaging. the common organ donor, a hispanic male landscaper aged 27 years, had died in arizona from a presumed stroke on july 21. he had a large skin lesion for approximately 6 months on his back that he had attributed to an insect bite. the ill recipients, a male liver recipient aged 56 years, and a male recip ... | 2010 | 20847722 |
| serologic survey for exposure following fatal balamuthia mandrillaris infection. | granulomatous amebic encephalitis (gae) from balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living ameba, has a case fatality rate exceeding 90% among recognized cases in the usa. in august 2010, a gae cluster occurred following transplantation of infected organs from a previously healthy landscaper in tucson, az, usa, who died from a suspected stroke. as b. mandrillaris is thought to be transmitted through soil, a serologic survey of landscapers and a comparison group of blood donors in southern arizona was p ... | 2014 | 24458652 |