Fungal Infections in Pediatric Patients With Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation: Impact on the Upper and Lower Respiratory Systems. [PDF]
Can J Infect Dis Med MicrobiolInvasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children with hematological malignancies as well as those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Extreme immunological dysregulation secondary to severe neutropenia, T‐cell lymphopenia, graft‐versus‐host disease (GVHD), intensive chemotherapy ...
Pourghasem M +10 more
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Blastomycosis in Children [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1996 Infections due to Blastomyces dermatitidis are not commonly encountered in children and adolescents. Knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of this disease is largely based upon experience with adult patients. We recently reviewed our experience with blastomycosis to evaluate the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of this disease in the ...
G E, Schutze +6 more
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Blastomycosis in a renal transplant recipient: Case of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018 There are limited data on blastomycosis in solid organ transplant recipients with the subsequent development of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).
Alexis Guenette +4 more
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An Unusual Case of Tertiary Syphilis Behaving Like Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma. [PDF]
, 2018 Syphilis may present with a myriad of oral manifestations in the primary, secondary, and tertiary stages, and may be confused with malignancy. Despite a rise in the incidence of syphilis, tertiary syphilis is exceedingly rare.
Farwell, D Gregory +2 more
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Blastomycosis Surveillance in 5 States, United States, 1987–2018
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Blastomycosis is caused by inhalation of Blastomyces spp. fungi. Limited data are available on the incidence and geographic range of blastomycosis in the United States.
Kaitlin Benedict +7 more
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Mortality due to systemic mycoses as a primary cause of death or in association with AIDS in Brazil: a review from 1996 to 2006 [PDF]
, 2009 Deaths caused by systemic mycoses such as paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, candidiasis, aspergillosis, coccidioidomycosis and zygomycosis amounted to 3,583 between 1996-2006 in Brazil. When analysed as the underlying cause of death,
LAURENTI, Ruy +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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50 years of Emmonsia disease in humans: the dramatic emergence of a cluster of novel fungal pathogens [PDF]
, 2015 New species of Emmonsia-like fungi, with phylogenetic and clinical similarities to Blastomyces and Histoplasma, have emerged as causes of systemic human mycoses worldwide.
Botha, Alfred +12 more
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Histoplasma capsulatum Infection in an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patient Receiving Voriconazole Prophylaxis [PDF]
, 2020 Histoplasma capsulatum infection is a rare complication in the allogeneic stem cell transplant patients. Minimal guidance exists on how to appropriately manage histoplasmosis in these patients.
Agrawal, Vaibhav +2 more
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