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Jaborandi (Pilocarpus microphyllus) essential oil is obtained by removal and characterization using GC‐MS, revealing γ‐cadinene and trans‐caryophyllene as major constituents. The oil exhibits biological activity, with antifungal action against Candida spp.
Juniel Cruz Silva +15 more
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Cutaneous lesions as marker of cryptococcal meningitis
Cryptococcosis is a chronic, subacute or acute systemic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. We present a case of cryptococcosis in an immunocompromised person, having meningitis with characteristic skin lesions.
J L Som +3 more
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Emerging Frontiers in Clinical Mycology: Innovations, Insights, and Impacts
ABSTRACT The Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC)—a group comprising clinicians, researchers, patients, and industry partners—meets every 2 years to review the most significant challenges facing the clinical mycology community and plan research, education, and advocacy strategies to prevent fungal infections and improve ...
A. Apostolopoulou +7 more
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Cryptococcus. Neoformans (C. neoformans) is an encapsulated heterobasidiomycetous fungus responsible for opportunistic infections worldwide in immunocompromised patients.
Sachin M. Patil +4 more
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Infrared Spectroscopy as a Promising Tool for Diagnosing and Typing Human Pathogenic Fungi
ABSTRACT Fungal infections are increasingly recognised as a global health challenge, responsible for millions of cases annually and substantial mortality, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Yet, the diagnosis of these infections remains notoriously difficult, often delayed by slow culture‐based methods or hindered by the high cost and ...
Anthony G. J. Medeiros +8 more
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Invasive 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 ...
Matin Pourghasem +11 more
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Cellular Coordination of Transcription Factors and Regulatory Genes for Cryptococcal Virulence
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogen belonging to the family Cryptococcaceae, capable of causing systemic and invasive fungal infections in humans and animals. The infection caused by Cryptococcus is lethal primarily in immunocompromised individuals due to the overwhelming expression of virulence factors that drive cryptococcosis in ...
Olufemi S. Folorunso +2 more
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Cutaneous Cryptococcosis Mimicking Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Patient with AIDS
Background: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the encapsulated yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. This ubiquitous organism has emerged as a frequent finding in immunosuppressed patients, especially those with underlying malignancies ...
Howard Levy +5 more
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Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in a pigeon breeder
A Danish 73 year-old male patient with polymyalgia rheumatica and in prednisone treatment presented with a cutaneous ulcer on the hand caused by a scratch from a pigeon. Initial treatment with antibiotics was unsuccessful.
Ravn, Pernille +2 more
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Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection that primarily manifests as an asymptomatic condition caused by inhalation of fungal spores. Less commonly, patients can develop dissemination to extrapulmonary locations such as the skin or primary cutaneous inoculation of the fungus at a site of trauma.
Alexander Kaminsky +6 more
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