| isolation of balamuthia mandrillaris from soil samples in north-western iran. | balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic free-living amoebae (fla) which has been reported as the causative agent of the fatal balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (bae). currently, the transmission dynamics of this pathogen remain poorly understood although the organism has been associated with soils, and thus, soil exposure has been identified as a risk factor for this pathogenic amoeba. nevertheless, environmental isolation of b. mandrillaris is a rare event and strains of this amoebic species ... | 2016 | 26468147 |