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Humidifier lung diagnosed by integrating environmental assessment and inhalation provocation testing: a case with Purpureocillium lilacinum as the most likely causative antigen [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsHumidifier lung is a rare phenotype of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhalation of aerosolized antigens from contaminated humidifiers, and identification of the causative antigen is often challenging.
Satoshi Noguchi +5 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Immunological assays based on the detection of circulating fungal biomarkers are helpful in clinical practice for diagnosing invasive fungal infections. Some of these targeting antigenic components are common to several different fungi. Histoplasmosis is
Juan David Puerta-Arias +2 more
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Novel Pneumocystis Antigens for Seroprevalence Studies
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Pneumocystis jirovecii is the most common cause of fungal pneumonia in children under the age of 2 years. However, the inability to culture and propagate this organism has hampered the acquisition of a fungal genome as well as the development of ...
Dora Pungan +8 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 Mannans are polysaccharide antigens expressed on the cell wall of different fungal species including Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida spp. These fungi are components of the normal intestinal microflora, and the presence of antibodies to fungal ...
Vadim B. Krylov +8 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Patients suffering from coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) are susceptible to deadly secondary fungal infections such as COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis and COVID-19-associated mucormycosis.
Beeke Tappe +22 more
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Allergic Diseases Caused by Aspergillus Species in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Antibiotics, 2021 Aspergillus spp. are spore forming molds; a subset of which are clinically relevant to humans and can cause significant morbidity and mortality. A.
Aidan K. Curran, David L. Hava
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Review of current and future therapeutics in ABPA
Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 2021 Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is an allergic pulmonary condition caused by hypersensitivity to antigens of Aspergillus sp. found most commonly in patients with underlying asthma or cystic fibrosis.
Elisa Lewington-Gower +2 more
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Functional Characterization of Hexacorallia Phagocytic Cells
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Phagocytosis is the cellular defense mechanism used to eliminate antigens derived from dysregulated or damaged cells, and microbial pathogens. Phagocytosis is therefore a pillar of innate immunity, whereby foreign particles are engulfed and degraded in ...
Grace A. Snyder +9 more
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Germline IgM predicts T cell immunity to Pneumocystis
JCI Insight, 2022 Pneumocystis is the most common fungal pulmonary infection in children under the age of 5 years. In children with primary immunodeficiency, Pneumocystis often presents at 3–6 months of age, a time period that coincides with the nadir of maternal IgG and ...
Kristin Noell +6 more
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Vaccines for human fungal diseases: close but still a long way to go
npj Vaccines, 2021 Despite the substantial global burden of human fungal infections, there are no approved fungal vaccines to protect at risk individuals. Here, we review the progress that has been made and the challenges that lie ahead in the quest towards efficacious ...
Lorena V. N. Oliveira +3 more
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