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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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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.
Afroditi Konsoula, Constantinos Tsioutis, Ioulia Markaki, Michail Papadakis, Aris P. Agouridis, Nikolaos Spernovasilis   +5 more
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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 ...
Afroditi Konsoula, Aris P. Agouridis, Lamprini Markaki, Constantinos Tsioutis, Nikolaos Spernovasilis   +4 more
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Lomentospora prolificans synthesizes several types of melanin [PDF]

mSphere
Lomentospora prolificans is a filamentous fungus with a global distribution, exhibiting a particularly higher prevalence in human-impacted environments.
Livia C. Liporagi-Lopes, Christine Chrissian, Emma Camacho, Arlind Kacirani, Ruth E. Stark, Arturo Casadevall   +5 more
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Deciphering Unexpected Vascular Locations of Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans Fungal Infections, France [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Scedosporium 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 ...
Carole Vignals, Joseph Emmerich, Hugues Begueret, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Adela Angoulvant, Damien Blez, Patrick Bruneval, Sophie Cassaing, Emilie Catherinot, Pierre Cahen, Cécile Moluçon-Chabrot, Carole Chevenet, Laurence Delhaes, Lélia Escaut, Marie Faruch, Frédéric Grenouillet, Fabrice Larosa, Lucie Limousin, Elisabeth Longchampt, François Mellot, Céline Nourrisson, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Olivier Lortholary, Antoine Roux, Laura Rozenblum, Mathilde Puges, Fanny Lanternier, Didier Bronnimann   +28 more
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Scedosporium apiospermum and Lomentospora prolificans emergent ocular infections in North India [PDF]

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Settings: 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, Anu Malik, Nishat H Ahmed, Sushma Nandyala, Gagandeep Singh, Deepanshi Mishra, Namrata Sharma, Murugesan Vanathi, Radhika Tandon, Sridevi Nair, Rajpal S Vohra, Immaculata Xess, Jeewan S Titiyal   +12 more
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A case of Lomentospora prolificans endophthalmitis treated with the novel antifungal agent Olorofim [PDF]

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
Purpose 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 ...
Michael Dong, Fiona Pearce, Nandini Singh, Ming-Lee Lin   +3 more
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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.
Aize Pellon, Andoni Ramirez-Garcia, Idoia Buldain, Aitziber Antoran, Aitor Rementeria, Fernando L Hernando   +5 more
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Disseminated Lomentospora prolificans infection that could have been predicted: A case report [PDF]

IDCases
Lomentospora prolificans is a rare, filamentous fungus, that causes a disseminated infection in immunocompromised individuals. Disseminated infections caused by the fungus are difficult to diagnose early. It is resistant to multiple antifungal agents and
Koga Sato, Toshimasa Hayashi, Takuma Ishizaki, Masakazu Yoshida, Akira Watanabe   +4 more
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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%.
Zuleyma Martínez-Campos, Mariana Elizondo-Zertuche, Emanuel Hernández-Núñez, Eugenio Hernández-Fernández, Efrén Robledo-Leal, Susana T. López-Cortina   +5 more
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