| the isolation of balamuthia mandrillaris from environmental sources from peru. | balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic free-living amoeba that has been reported to cause skin lesions and the fatal balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (bae) in humans and other animals. currently, around 200 human bae cases have been reported worldwide, although this number is considered to be underestimated. the highest number of bae cases has been reported in the american continent, mainly in the southwest of the usa. peru seems to be another hotspot for bae with around 55 human cases havin ... | 2014 | 24781021 |