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Cunninghamella bertholletiae Infection Associated with Deferoxamine Therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1988
Cunninghamella bertholletiae, an uncommon cause of human infection, has been reported with increasing frequency in recent years. C. bertholletiae belongs to the order Mucorales and produces infections similar to those produced by the other agents of mucormycosis.
J H, Rex, A M, Ginsberg, L F, Fries, H I, Pass, K J, Kwon-Chung   +4 more
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Comparison of genotyping methods for Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Mycoses, 2019
SummaryBackgroundInvasive fungal infections caused by filamentous fungi of the order Mucorales are serious complications in immunocompromised patients and often associated with fatal outcome. As a member of this order, Cunninghamella bertholletiae is a saprophytic fungus with naturally exhibited high minimum inhibitory concentrations against common ...
Hedda Luise Verhasselt, Julia Radke, Dirk Schmidt, David Killengray, Ulrike Scharmann, Volker Rickerts, Wiebke Hansen, Danila Seidel, Iker Falces‐Romero, Jan Buer, Peter‐Michael Rath, Joerg Steinmann   +11 more
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Successful Treatment of Sinusitis Caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1994
Seventeen cases of infections due to Cunninghamella species have been reported worldwide in humans, and there have been only three survivors. We report a case of paranasal sinusitis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in an elderly patient who had diabetes mellitus and myelodysplasia. After receiving 7 weeks of therapy with deoxycholate amphotericin B (
Ng, Tony T.C., Campbell, Colin K., Rothera, M., Houghton, J. B., Hughes, D., Denning, David W.   +5 more
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Fatal Cunninghamella bertholletiae Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient

Chest, 1990
The first fatal Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection in a clinically immunocompetent host is reported. This case differs from previously reported cases by the lack of extensive vascular invasion and thrombosis.
S, Zeilender, D, Drenning, F L, Glauser, D, Bechard   +3 more
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A murine model of zygomycosis by Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Mycopathologia, 1998
Infections by Cunninghamella bertholletiae have been on the increase in recent years. However, little is known about this fungus and its infection. To clarify the pathogenicity of C. bertholletiae, we made a murine model, and to our knowledge, the first infectious model of this fungus.
A, Honda, K, Kamei, H, Unno, K, Hiroshima, T, Kuriyama, M, Miyaji   +5 more
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Cunninghamella bertholletiae wound Infection of Probable Nosocomial Origin

Southern Medical Journal, 1981
After closed reduction and casting of a tibial fracture in a 69-year-old diabetic man, a gangrenous lesion developed under the cast. Cultures of debrided tissue revealed multiple bacteria, including Bacillus sp, plus two fungi, Fusarium sp and a zygomycete identified as Cunninghamella bertholletiae.
J M, Boyce, L A, Lawson, W R, Lockwood, J L, Hughes   +3 more
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Trypanocidal activity of extracts and fractions of Bertholletia excelsa

Fitoterapia, 2005
Crude extracts and fractions of Bertholletia excelsa stem barks were tested for trypanocidal activity. Acetone and methanol extracts showed significant in vitro trypanocidal activity against trypomastigote form of Trypanosoma cruzi since in the concentration of 500 microg/ml, the parasites were reduced in 100% and 90.3% respectively, whereas the ...
Francinete R, Campos, Ana H, Januário, Lisandra V, Rosas, Samara K R, Nascimento, Paulo S, Pereira, Suzelei C, França, Milade S C, Cordeiro, Miriam P A, Toldo, Sérgio, Albuquerque   +8 more
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Pneumonia caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae complicating chronic lymphatic leukemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1979
A case of pneumonia caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae is described in a patient with chronic lymphatic leukemia. The species of Cunninghamella, a genus in the order Mucorales, are characterized by the formation of conidia on the surface of an inflated conidiophore (vesicle). C. bertholletiae, not C.
T E, Kiehn, F, Edwards, D, Armstrong, P P, Rosen, I, Weitzman   +4 more
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Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) Breeding

2019
Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.), member of the Lecythidaceae family, is a native monotypic tree species which occurs in the Amazon Region and is important for its economic, social and environmental values. The tree bears fruit containing seeds known as Brazil nuts, Para nuts or Amazon nuts.
Aisy Botega Baldoni, Lúcia Helena de Oliveira Wadt, Cássia Ângela Pedrozo   +2 more
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Characterization of Cunninghamella bertholletiae

2016
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Radke, J., Schmidt, D., Dittmer, Buer, Jan, Rath, Peter-Michael, Steinmann, Jörg   +5 more
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