A Difficult Treatment Case of Chromoblastomycosis Responding to Combination Therapy
Background: Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection that affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue, primarily characterized by verrucous or nodular lesions.
Mr Chien-hao Tseng +2 more
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Sporotrichosis (Sporothrix schenckii infection) in the New South Wales mid-north coast, 2000-2010 [PDF]
Objective: To determine the geographical, epidemiological and clinical features of sporotrichosis (a cutaneous fungal infection caused by Sporothrix schenckii) in the New South Wales mid-north coast.Design and setting: We undertook a retrospective case ...
Bannan, Alveen M. +3 more
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Chromoblastomycosis with 18 years of evolution [PDF]
Chronic infectious, granulomatous and suppurative dermatosis, classified among the subcutaneous mycoses, caused by species of pigmented dematiaceous fungi, more prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions and caused by the traumatic implantation of ...
Belda, Walter +2 more
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Echinocandin Resistance in Two Candida haemulonii Isolates from Pediatric Patients [PDF]
We report 3 cases of patients with Candida haemulonii isolates that were obtained from hemocultures. in 2 of the 3 cases, isolates exhibited resistance to echinocandins and fluconazole.
Azevedo Melo, Analy Salles de +4 more
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Rare Presentation of Kaposi Sarcoma Mimicking Madura Foot: A Case Report
ABSTRACT Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a low‐grade angioproliferative tumor primarily associated with HIV but also seen in immunocompetent individuals. Its presentation can mimic infectious diseases such as Madura foot (mycetoma), a chronic granulomatous infection endemic to tropical regions.
Jeminah Nyeenya Nakatudde +2 more
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Indigenous case of mycetoma by Actinomadura madurae in Paraná (Entre Ríos, Argentina): case report and literature review of the argentinian casuistry [PDF]
El micetoma es una infección granulomatosa crónica que involucra tejidos cutáneos, subcutáneos y eventualmente músculo y hueso. Puede ser causada por bacterias Gram positivas filamentosas (actinomicetomas) o por hongos (eumicetomas).
Acosta, A. +9 more
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Phylogenetic Findings Suggest Possible New Habitat and Routes of Infection of Human Eumyctoma [PDF]
Eumycetoma is a traumatic fungal infection in tropical and subtropical areas that may lead to severe disability. Madurella mycetomatis is one of the prevalent etiologic agents in arid Northeastern Africa.
Ahmed, S.A. (Sarah Abdalla) +10 more
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This study presents a novel method for rapidly evaluating dermal drug delivery systems (DDSs). Using mass spectrometry imaging and automated data analysis, it visualizes drug distribution within skin layers in under 10 min. Tested with three nanoscale DDSs for antifungal terbinafine, the approach reveals key differences in drug permeation depth and ...
Ravit Yakobi Arancibia +9 more
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Exophiala psychrophila: A new agent of chromoblastomycosis
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous mycosis, is caused by dematiaceous fungi, the most frequently implicated are Fonsecaea, Phialophora, Cladophialophora, Rhinocladiella and Exophiala.We report a woman who was treated before with ...
Lina M. Garzon +4 more
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Inhibitory activity of Indian spice plant extracts against and , the pathogenic dematiaceous moulds [PDF]
Background Dematiaceous moulds are pathogenic microorganisms and act as etiological agents of mycoses with different degrees of severity in humans and animals. These moulds also cause loss of food crops and storage food products.
Ajay K Mishra +4 more
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