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ELISA Test for the Serological Detection of Scedosporium/Lomentospora in Cystic Fibrosis Patients [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
The detection and diagnosis of the opportunistic fungi Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans still relies mainly on low-sensitive culture-based methods.
Leire Martin-Souto, Idoia Buldain, Maialen Areitio, Leire Aparicio-Fernandez, Aitziber Antoran, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, Maria Teresa Martin-Gomez, Aitor Rementeria, Fernando L. Hernando, Andoni Ramirez-Garcia   +9 more
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Successful use of olorofim for the treatment of <i>Lomentospora prolificans</i> knee tendonitis, synovitis, and concomitant osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent child. [PDF]

Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Lomentospora prolificans is a filamentous mold that can cause infections in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. Infection can be either focal or disseminated, often acquired via inhalation or direct conidia inoculation (A. Konsoula, C.
Fortini M, Jones TW, Grams TR, Mehra S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Case report: COVID-19-associated mucormycosis co-infection with Lomentospora prolificans: The first case and review on multiple fungal co-infections during COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Along with the pandemic COVID-19 spreads, new clinical challenges have emerged in the health care settings, among which there is a high risk of secondary invasive fungal infections with significant mortality.
Mahzad Erami, Mahzad Erami, Hossein Mirhendi, Hossein Mirhendi, Mansooreh Momen-Heravi, Alireza Sharif, Seyed Jamal Hashemi Hezaveh, Amir Hassan Matini, Amir Hossein Ahsaniarani, Shima Aboutalebian, Shima Aboutalebian   +10 more
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Dual fungal infection with Lomentospora prolificans and Aspergillus fumigatus: A pathogenetic diagnosis elucidated after two decades by sequential examinations

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
A 44‐year‐old male Japanese was admitted for further post‐remission treatments for acute myeloid leukemia. He developed a right orbital abscess. An isolate of Lomentospora prolificans was obtained from the lesion, and orbital biopsy also revealed the ...
Yoshitsugu Sugiura, Naoshi Sugimoto, Takayuki Takahashi, Tadahiko Matsumoto   +3 more
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Disseminated <i>Lomentospora prolificans</i> infection in a neutropenic patient with acute monocytic leukemia: a clinical and diagnostic challenge. [PDF]

ASM Case Rep
Background Lomentospora prolificans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen associated with significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals.
Amaya S, Giovannini-Sanguineti G, Lopez C, Alonso CD, Riedel S.   +4 more
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An Alpha-Glucan from Lomentospora prolificans Mediates Fungal–Host Interaction Signaling through Dectin-1 and Mincle

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Scedosporium and Lomentospora are a group of filamentous fungi with some clinically relevant species causing either localized, invasive, or disseminated infections.
Mariana Ingrid Dutra da Silva Xisto, Lucas dos Santos Dias, Francisco Felipe Bezerra, Vera Carolina Bordallo Bittencourt, Rodrigo Rollin-Pinheiro, Ana Carolina Cartágenes-Pinto, Rosa Maria Tavares Haido, Paulo Antônio de Souza Mourão, Eliana Barreto-Bergter   +8 more
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Clinical Significance and Therapeutic Challenges of <i>Scedosporium</i> spp. and <i>Lomentospora prolificans</i> Isolates in a Single-Center Cohort of Lung Transplant Recipients. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
(1) Background: Emerging fungal infections associated with Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans (S/L) are becoming more frequent and are very difficult to treat.
García-Masedo Fernández S, Laporta R, Aguilar M, García Fadul C, Cabrera Pineda M, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Royuela A, Sánchez Romero I, Ussetti Gil P.   +8 more
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Pandemic Response Box® library as a source of antifungal drugs against Scedosporium and Lomentospora species.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Scedosporium and Lomentospora species are opportunistic filamentous fungi that cause localized and disseminated infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
Rodrigo Rollin-Pinheiro, Mariana Ingrid Dutra da Silva Xisto, Yuri de Castro-Almeida, Victor Pereira Rochetti, Luana Pereira Borba-Santos, Yasmin da Silva Fontes, Antonio Ferreira-Pereira, Sonia Rozental, Eliana Barreto-Bergter   +8 more
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Disseminated Lomentospora prolificans infection presenting with arterial exsanguination [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2021
Lomentospora prolificans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen found especially in Australia, Spain, Portugal, California, and the southern United States. Although it causes a wide spectrum of infections, disseminated L.
Abdullah Nasif, MD, Daniel Siebenaller, PA-C, Armelle DeRiso, MD, Haroon Shah, DO, Samer Alharthi, MD, Munier Nazzal, MD, MBA   +5 more
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Three annotated chromosome-level de novo genome assemblies of Lomentospora prolificans provide evidence for a chromosomal translocation event. [PDF]

G3 (Bethesda)
Lomentospora prolificans is a fungal pathogen responsible for serious, often fatal, illness in patients with compromised immune systems. Treatment is rarely successful because L.
Grossman NT, Fan Y, Zimin AV, Wear MP, Jedlicka A, Dziedzic A, Liporagi-Lopes LC, Timp W, Casadevall A.   +8 more
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