A Laboratory Case of Emergomyces Africanus [PDF]
The Journal of Medical Laboratory Science & Technology of South Africa, 2022 Emergomyces africanus (Es. africanus) is a novel thermally-dimorphic fungal pathogen, which belongs to the Ajellomycetaceae family. Several species have been described within the Emergomyces genus, namely Es. africanus, Es. canadensis, Es.
Nokuthula Linda, Lee-ann Mabulwana
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Autochtonous Emergomyces pasteurianus subcutaneous infection in an Italian immunocompromised patient: a case report and review [PDF]
Dermatology ReportsWe describe the second case of infection by Emergomyces pasteurianus that occurred in Italy. The patient presented ulcerated nodular lesions primarily in the forehead, beneath the orbital and nasal areas, but also in the neck and fingers in the early ...
Claudio Farina +6 more
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Emergomyces: The Global Rise of New Dimorphic Fungal Pathogens [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2019 No abstract provided.
Nelesh P Govender +2 more
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Two cases of Emergomyces pasteurianus infection in immunocompromised patients in the Netherlands [PDF]
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2019 We report two cases of Emergomyces pasteurianus infection in the Netherlands. Both patients were immunocompromised and had pulmonary symptoms. The first patient died due to a pulmonary infection with Es. pasteurianus, concomitant listeriosis, Pseudomonas
Karin B. Gast +7 more
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Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We detected Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimorphic fungus that causes an HIV-associated systemic mycosis, by PCR in 18 (30%) of 60 soil samples from a wide range of habitats in South Africa. Direct and indirect culture techniques were unsuccessful.
Ilan S. Schwartz +9 more
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Cavitary nodule caused by Emergomyces orientalis in a diabetic patient: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineEmergomyces orientalis is a rare thermally dimorphic fungus belonging to the family Ajellomycetaceae. It exists in the environment as a mold producing conidia, which are inhaled and transform into yeast-like cells at body temperature to cause ...
Yajie Zhou +7 more
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Emergomyces canadensis, a Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Systemic Human Disease in North America [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We report 4 patients in North America with disease caused by Emergomyces canadensis, a newly proposed species of pathogenic dimorphic fungus. Affected persons were immunocompromised; lived in Saskatchewan, Colorado, and New Mexico; and had systemic ...
Ilan S. Schwartz +4 more
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Diagnosis and treatment of a patient with mediastinal infection caused by Emergomyces orientalis and Mycobacterium fortuitum [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyBackgroundEmergomycosis, an emerging dimorphic fungal infection caused by Emergomyces species, primarily affects immunocompromised individuals. Emergomyces orientalis has been reported in China, including rare cases in immunocompetent individuals ...
Liang Guo +9 more
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Cbp1, a fungal virulence factor under positive selection, forms an effector complex that drives macrophage lysis. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2022 Intracellular pathogens secrete effectors to manipulate their host cells. Histoplasma capsulatum (Hc) is a fungal intracellular pathogen of humans that grows in a yeast form in the host.
Dinara Azimova +8 more
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Emergomyces Africanus: The Mimicking Fungus [PDF]
Dermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland), 2019 A 31-year-old HIV-seropositive woman from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, presented with a 3-month history of widespread umbilicated and ulcerated skin papules, plaques, and nodules.
Nelesh P Govender +2 more
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