An Intracellular Arrangement of Histoplasma capsulatum Yeast-Aggregates Generates Nuclear Damage to the Cultured Murine Alveolar Macrophages [PDF]
, 2016 Histoplasma capsulatum is responsible for a human systemic mycosis that primarily affects lung tissue. Macrophages are the major effector cells in humans that respond to the fungus, and the development of respiratory disease depends on the ability of ...
Aline R. Voltan +11 more
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Chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis in Portugal: a case report
Galicia Clínica, 2019 Resumo: A histoplasmose pulmonar é uma doença infeciosa rara na Europa, sendo causada pelo Histoplasma capsulatum, um fungo dimórfico presente no solo contaminado por excrementos de aves e morcegos.
João Parreira +3 more
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Development and evaluation of a molecular diagnostic method to rapidly detect Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum, the causative agent of epizootic lymphangitis, in equine clinical samples. [PDF]
, 2016 Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum (HCF), the causative agent of epizootic lymphangitis (EZL), is endemic in parts of Africa. Diagnosis based on clinical signs and microscopy lacks specificity, and is a barrier to further understanding this ...
Aklilu, N +9 more
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Histoplasma capsulatum yeast phase-specific protein Yps3p induces Toll-like receptor 2 signaling [PDF]
, 2008 Histoplasma capsulatum is a common cause of fungal infection in certain geographic areas, and although most infections are asymptomatic, it is capable of causing histoplasmosis, a disseminated, life-threatening disease, especially in immunocompromised ...
Rajagopal N Aravalli +3 more
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Experimental annotation of the human pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum transcribed regions using high-resolution tiling arrays [PDF]
, 2011 Background The fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum is thought to be the most common cause of fungal respiratory infections in immunocompetent humans, yet little is known about its biology.
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Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2022 Histoplasma capsulatum is a rarely reported cause of prosthetic joint infections. This current case report is of a patient from Trinidad, with a history of a right total knee replacement (TKR), who underwent a successful two-stage revision due to a ...
James Satalich +5 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to Histoplasma capsulatum infection is a rare disorder with poor outcome. Although cases of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have been well documented, little study has reported
Hongchao Chen +6 more
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Detection of (1,3)-β-d-Glucan in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Histoplasma Meningitis [PDF]
, 2018 The diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) histoplasmosis is often difficult. Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) is available as a biological marker for the diagnosis of fungal meningitis, there are limited data on its use for ...
Albers, Amanda +12 more
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Absent in vitro interaction between chloroquine and antifungals against Aspergillus fumigatus [PDF]
, 2017 This work was supported by Medical Mycology Section, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Seyedmousavi, Seyedmojtaba +3 more
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Histoplasmose disseminada no Rio Grande do Sul Disseminated histoplasmosis in Rio Grande do Sul
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2004 Este trabalho descreve os aspectos epidemiológicos e clínico-laboratoriais de 111 casos de histoplasmose disseminada provenientes do Rio Grande do Sul, no período de 25 anos (1977-2002).
Gisela Unis +2 more
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