A: T2-weighted MRI showing liquefied, necrotic brain tissue as a result of<unk>  caused by Balamuthia mandrillarisB: T1-weighted MRI showing expansion and addition of necrotic areas 4 days later<unk>  <unk>  is a rare, usually fatal, subacute-to-chronic central nervous system disease caused by certain species of free-living amoebae of the genera Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia and Sappinia pedata. The term is most commonly used with Acanthamoeba. In more modern references, the term "balamuthia<unk>  encephalitis" (BAE) is commonly used when Balamuthia mandrillaris is the cause.
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
Sappinia amoebic encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis
Eastern equine encephalitis
Rasmussen's encephalitis
Tick-borne encephalitis
Herpesviral encephalitis
La Crosse encephalitis