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Editorial

Brain-eating amoebae: is killing the parasite our only option to prevent death?

Naveed Ahmed Khana Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, University City, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jibran Sualeh Muhammadb Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, University City, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesView further author information
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Ruqaiyyah Siddiquic College of Arts and Sciences, University of Sharjah, University City, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9646-6208View further author information
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Pages 1-2 | Received 02 Mar 2021, Accepted 05 May 2021, Published online: 14 May 2021

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Siva Nageswararao Gajula & Lakshmi Vineela Nalla. (2023) Fighting with brain-eating amoeba: challenges and new insights to open a road for the treatment of Naegleria fowleri infection. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 21:12, pages 1277-1279.
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Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Anania Boghossian, Saif S. Alqassim, Muhammad Kawish, Jasra Gul, Tooba Jabri, Muhammad Raza Shah & Naveed Ahmed Khan. (2023) Anti-Balamuthia mandrillaris and anti-Naegleria fowleri effects of drugs conjugated with various nanostructures. Archives of Microbiology 205:5.
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Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy, Nkiruka Umaru, Amal Bandar Alharbi & Zoe Aslanpour. (2023) Antimicrobial stewardship implementation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the acute care settings: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 23:1.
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Alexis Dereeper, Nina Allouch, Vincent Guerlais, Maëlle Garnier, Laurence Ma, Johan F. De Jonckheere, Sandeep J. Joseph, Ibne Karim M. Ali, Antoine Talarmin & Isabel Marcelino. (2023) Naegleria genus pangenome reveals new structural and functional insights into the versatility of these free-living amoebae. Frontiers in Microbiology 13.
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Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Mohammed El-Gamal, Anania Boghossian, Balsam Saeed, Chang-Hyun Oh, Mohammed Abdel-Maksoud, Ahmad Alharbi, Hasan Alfahemi & Naveed Khan. (2022) Imidazothiazole Derivatives Exhibited Potent Effects against Brain-Eating Amoebae. Antibiotics 11:11, pages 1515.
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Shehroze Tabassum, Aroma Naeem, Saima Gill, Nimra Mumtaz, Maleeka Zamurad Khan, Shehram Tabassum, Risha Naeem & Dattatreya Mukherjee. (2022) Increasing cases of Naegleria fowleri during the time of COVID 19; an emerging concern of Pakistan. International Journal of Surgery 105, pages 106881.
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Noor Akbar, Wendy E. Kaman, Maarten Sarink, Kamran Nazmi, Floris J. Bikker, Naveed Ahmed Khan & Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui. (2022) Novel Antiamoebic Tyrocidine-Derived Peptide against Brain-Eating Amoebae. ACS Omega 7:33, pages 28797-28805.
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Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Anania Boghossian, Bushra Khatoon, Muhammad Kawish, Ahmad M. Alharbi, Muhammad Raza Shah, Hasan Alfahemi & Naveed Ahmed Khan. (2022) Antiamoebic Properties of Metabolites against Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris. Antibiotics 11:5, pages 539.
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