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Clinical utility of fungal culture and antifungal susceptibility in cats and dogs with histoplasmosis

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2023
Background Culture can be used for diagnosis and antifungal susceptibility testing in animals with fungal infections. Limited information is available regarding the diagnostic performance of culture and the susceptibility patterns of Histoplasma spp ...
Andrew S. Hanzlicek   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linfohistiocitosis hemofagocítica por Histoplasma capsulatum en paciente con trasplante renal

open access: yesInfectio, 2020
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) induced by Histoplasma capsulatum is a rare entity who is characterized by phagocytosis of hematopoietic cells by tissue macrophages.
Alejandro Camargo-Salamanca
doaj   +1 more source

Validation and Concordance Analysis of a New Lateral Flow Assay for Detection of Histoplasma Antigen in Urine

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2021
Histoplasmosis is a major cause of mortality in people living with HIV (PLHIV). Rapid methods to diagnose Histoplasma capsulatum disease could dramatically decrease the time to initiate treatment, resulting in reduced mortality. The aim of this study was
D. Cáceres   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genomic Diversity Analysis Reveals a Strong Population Structure in Histoplasma capsulatum LAmA (Histoplasma suramericanum)

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2021
Histoplasmosis is a severe mycotic disease affecting thousands of immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals with high incidence in Latin America, where the disease agents are Histoplasma capsulatum and Histoplasma suramericanum.
Fernando Almeida-Silva   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Histoplasmosis in the Republic of Congo dominated by African histoplasmosis, Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
The Republic of Congo (RoC) is one of the African countries with the most histoplasmosis cases reported. This review summarizes the current status regarding epidemiology, diagnostic tools, and treatment of histoplasmosis in the RoC. A computerized search
F. M. Amona   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Extracellular superoxide dismutase protects Histoplasma yeast cells from host-derived oxidative stress. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens, 2012
In order to establish infections within the mammalian host, pathogens must protect themselves against toxic reactive oxygen species produced by phagocytes of the immune system.
Brian H Youseff   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Restraint of Fumarate Accrual by HIF-1α Preserves miR-27a-Mediated Limitation of Interleukin 10 during Infection of Macrophages by Histoplasma capsulatum

open access: yesmBio, 2021
Histoplasma capsulatum and related Histoplasma species are intracellular fungal pathogens endemic to broad regions of the globe, including the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
Heather M. Evans   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Metabolism of Gluconeogenic Substrates by an Intracellular Fungal Pathogen Circumvents Nutritional Limitations within Macrophages

open access: yesmBio, 2020
Microbial pathogens exploit host nutrients to proliferate and cause disease. Intracellular pathogens, particularly those exclusively living in the phagosome such as Histoplasma capsulatum, must adapt and acquire nutrients within the nutrient-limited ...
Qian Shen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis of Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis in Advanced HIV: A Meta-Analysis of Assay Analytical Performance

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2019
Histoplasmosis is an important cause of mortality in people with advanced HIV, especially in countries with limited access to diagnostic assays. Histoplasmosis can be diagnosed using culture, histopathology, and antibody, antigen, and molecular assays ...
Diego H. Caceres   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey of Histoplasma capsulatum in bat guano and status of histoplasmosis in Slovenia, Central Europe

open access: yesInternational Journal of Speleology, 2020
There have been increasing reports on the presence of Histoplasma capsulatum in some European countries. The study investigated the presence of Histoplasma in bat guanos, speleologists with records of visiting Histoplasma-endemic regions and patients ...
Janez Mulec   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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