Lomentospora prolificans: An Emerging Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 Lomentospora prolificans is an emerging opportunistic pathogen that primarily affects immunocompromised individuals leading to disseminated disease with high mortality rates while also causing infections in healthy populations.
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Lomentospora prolificans Disseminated Infections: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Background: Lomentospora prolificans, a rare, highly virulent filamentous fungus with high rates of intrinsic resistance to antifungals, has been associated with different types of infections in immunocompromised as well as immunocompetent individuals ...
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Lomentospora prolificans synthesizes several types of melanin [PDF]
mSphereLomentospora prolificans is a filamentous fungus with a global distribution, exhibiting a particularly higher prevalence in human-impacted environments.
Livia C. Liporagi-Lopes +5 more
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Scedosporium apiospermum and Lomentospora prolificans emergent ocular infections in North India [PDF]
Indian Journal of OphthalmologySettings: Identification of the prevalent species and report clinical features, predisposing factors, and visual outcomes of ocular infections caused by Scedosporium/Lomentospora in a tertiary care eye centre North India. Patient/Study Population: During
Karnika Saigal +12 more
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Deciphering Unexpected Vascular Locations of Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans Fungal Infections, France [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesScedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans are emerging non-Aspergillus filamentous fungi. The Scedosporiosis/lomentosporiosis Observational Study we previously conducted reported frequent fungal vascular involvement, including aortitis and ...
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Dual fungal infection with Lomentospora prolificans and Aspergillus fumigatus: A pathogenetic diagnosis elucidated after two decades by sequential examinations [PDF]
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 ...
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Eradication of Lomentospora prolificans Osteomyelitis of the Wrist with Combination Antifungal Therapy, Voriconazole Bone Cement, and Surgical Debridement [PDF]
Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2020 Lomentospora prolificans is an emerging pathogen that is difficult to treat due to its intrinsic resistance to currently available antifungal agents. Current evidence demonstrates synergy between Azoles and Terbinafine against L.
Jeremy Lee, Mark Wilson, Nikki Casey
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A case of Lomentospora prolificans endophthalmitis treated with the novel antifungal agent Olorofim [PDF]
Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and InfectionPurpose To report a case of endogenous Lomentospora prolificans endophthalmitis treated with the novel antifungal agent Olorofim. Case report A 57-year-old man developed disseminated Lomentospora prolificans with right endophthalmitis on the background ...
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Molecular and cellular responses of the pathogenic fungus Lomentospora prolificans to the antifungal drug voriconazole. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The filamentous fungus Lomentospora (Scedosporium) prolificans is an emerging opportunistic pathogen associated with fatal infections in patients with disturbed immune function.
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Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Aminophosphonic Derivatives and Their Antifungal Evaluation against Lomentospora prolificans [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Lomentospora prolificans is a pathogenic and multidrug-resistant fungus that can infect both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients, with mortality rates up to 87%.
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