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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Next-Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis of Fatal Balamuthia Amoebic Encephalitis: A Case Report.

Yuanyuan Feng, Huiyu Feng, Xuegao Yu, Jing Zhao, Hongyan Zhou, Jiaoxing Li, Peisong Chen, Li Feng

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The first reported case ofFrontiers in medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yuanyuan FengDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530002, China.ORCID 0009-0002-1825-8897
Huiyu FengDepartment of Neurology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1153-5919
Xuegao YuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Jing ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Hongyan ZhouDepartment of Neurology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Jiaoxing LiDepartment of Neurology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Peisong ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0640-3663
Li FengDepartment of Neurology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.

Funding

The scientific research project of Guangxi Health Commission Z20200307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Balamuthia mandrillarisearly diagnosisencephalitisnext-generation sequencing

Identifiers

PMID41153262
PMCPMC12563976

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