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Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in a liver transplant patient

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
This case report presents a 46-year old man with a failed liver transplant who presented with malaise and dyspnea. Imaging studies revealed diffuse reticulonodular infiltrates and innumerable miliary nodules and a left upper lobe consolidative mass ...
Nicholas M. Moore., Laurie A. Proia
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Disseminated blastomycosis

IDCases, 2020
Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, a dimorphic fungus endemic in the soils of the Ohio and Mississippi River Vallys, Great Lakes region, and southeastern United States.
Samaher Hashim, Christopher Barrios
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Low-level Laser Therapy to the Mouse Femur Enhances the Fungicidal Response of Neutrophils against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis [PDF]

, 2014
Neutrophils (PMN) play a central role in host defense against the neglected fungal infection paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), which is caused by the dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Pb). PCM is of major importance, especially in Latin America,
Bani, Giulia M. A. C., Brigagao, Maisa R. P. L., Burger, Eva, Camargo, Zoilo Pires de, Chavasco, Jorge Kleber, Hamblin, Michael R., Malaquias, Luiz Cosme C., Mendes, Ana Carolina S. C., Santos, Gersika B., Sperandio, Felipe F., Verinaud, Liana M.   +10 more
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Diversity in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. the PbGP43 gene as a genetic marker [PDF]

, 2008
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a temperature-dependent dimorphic fungus and the agent of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), which is prevalent in rural workers of Latin American countries. Until a decade ago, most of the studies involving P.
Cisalpino, Patricia Silva, McEwen, Juan G., Puccia, Rosana   +2 more
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IL‐6 Degradation by Secreted Proteases From Paracoccidioides restrepiensis

International Journal of Microbiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal disease caused by Paracoccidioides spp., predominantly affecting populations in Latin America, with Brazil reporting the highest number of cases. The infection is associated with severe pulmonary and systemic manifestations. Previous studies have highlighted the role of fungal proteases in adhesion, invasion,
Priscila de Oliveira, Bianca Carla Silva Campitelli Barros, Maria Aparecida Juliano, Aparecida Sadae Tanaka, Adriana Karaoglanovic Carmona, Saara Maria Batista dos Santos, Paloma Korehisa Maza, Rosana Puccia, Alexandre Keiji Tashima, Erika Suzuki, Nagarajan Raju   +10 more
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Endemic fungal infections in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients enrolled in the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network ( TRANSNET ) [PDF]

, 2014
Background Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among solid organ transplant ( SOT ) and hematopoietic cell transplant ( HCT ) recipients, but few data have been reported on the epidemiology of endemic fungal ...
Alexander, B.D., Anaissie, E.J., Andes, D.R., Baddley, J.W., Benedict, K., Chiller, T.M., Freifeld, A.G., Herwaldt, L., Ito, J.I., Kauffman, C.A., Knapp, K.M., Lyon, G.M., Marr, K.A., Morrison, V.A., Pappas, P.G., Park, B.J., Patterson, T.F., Schuster, M.G., Walker, R.C.   +18 more
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Benign and malignant cutaneous nasal lesions

Eye &ENT Research, Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 65-91, December 2024.
Abstract The nose is a structure of both cosmetic and functional importance. Cutaneous lesions of the nose occasionally represent a diagnostic challenge and involve the expertise of several specialties from dermatology, otolaryngology—head and neck surgery, infectious disease, and pathology, among others.
Hamed Sarikhani, Karena Zhao, Marc A. Polacco, Charles Gropper, Samuel N. Helman   +4 more
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Associação da rifampicina à anfotericina B no tratamento da paracoccidioidomicose: resultados em três pacientes tratados

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1984
Trabalhos experimentais demonstraram que a anfotericina B, desorganizando funcionalmente a membrana celular fúngica, permite a penetração da rifampicina no citoplasma e sua conseqüente ação contra Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis e ...
Bodo Wanke, Paulo Nolasco Pedrosa, Gustavo Dos Santos Brêtas, Sérgio Setúbal   +3 more
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Exome Sequencing of a Blastomycosis Case–Control Cohort From Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, Canada

Mycoses, Volume 67, Issue 9, September 2024.
ABSTRACT Background Blastomycosis is a pulmonary disease caused by Blastomyces spp., a group of pathogenic dimorphic fungi endemic to a number of geographic regions, specifically Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, Canada. Immunosuppression is a major risk factor affecting disease susceptibility, yet host immunity is not well understood.
Paul Jankowski, Emma R. Lee, John Embil, Yoav Keynan, Paul J. McLaren   +4 more
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Blastomycosis in Northwestern Ontario, 2004 to 2014

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2015
Blastomycosis is an invasive fungal disease caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis and the recently discovered Blastomyces gilchristii. The medical charts of 64 patients with confirmed cases of blastomycosis in northwestern Ontario during a 10-year period ...
Daniel Dalcin, Syed Zaki Ahmed
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