Polyketides, Toxins and Pigments in Penicillium marneffei [PDF]
Toxins, 2015 Penicillium marneffei (synonym: Talaromyces marneffei) is the most important pathogenic thermally dimorphic fungus in China and Southeastern Asia. The HIV/AIDS pandemic, particularly in China and other Southeast Asian countries, has led to the emergence ...
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Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei infection [PDF]
IDCases, 2018 A 41-year-old man from the emergency department presented with fever for 2 weeks, sore throat, dry cough and generalized umbilicated skin lesions (face (Fig. 1), and chest (Fig. 2)). HIV antibody was positive, CD4+ count was 2/μL.
Qian Du, Chak Kwan Tong
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Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection with IRIS [PDF]
IDCases, 2015 Penicillium marneffei infection is an endemic opportunistic infection for AIDS patients that can be found in south Asia. Fever and typical skin lesions are the most commonly seen symptoms.
Xinchao Liu, Hao Wu, Xiaojie Huang
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Caenorhabditis elegans: a simple nematode infection model for Penicillium marneffei. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Penicillium marneffei, one of the most important thermal dimorphic fungi, is a severe threat to the life of immunocompromised patients. However, the pathogenic mechanisms of P. marneffei remain largely unknown.
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Acute Penicillium marneffei infection stimulates host M1/M2a macrophages polarization in BALB/C mice [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2017 Background Penicillium marneffei (P. marneffei) is a thermally dimorphic fungus pathogen that causes fatal infection. Alveolar macrophages are innate immune cells that have critical roles in protection against pulmonary fungal pathogens and the ...
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Development and characterization of an immunochromatographic test for the rapid diagnosis of Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei is a thermally dimorphic fungus that can cause opportunistic systemic mycoses in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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HIV-child with disseminated Talaromyces Marneffei (Penicillium marneffei) infection: a rare severe case report [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Talaromyces Marneffei (Penicillium marneffei, T.marneffei) has been frequently reported in patients with adult acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Still, cases of children with HIV combined with T.marneffei infection are very rare. This report
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Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei infection in non-HIV-infected patients [PDF]
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2016 Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei is an important pathogenic thermally dimorphic fungus causing systemic mycosis in Southeast Asia. The clinical significance of T.
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The pbrB gene encodes a laccase required for DHN-melanin synthesis in conidia of Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Talaromyces marneffei (Basionym: Penicillium marneffei) is a significant opportunistic fungal pathogen in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Southeast Asia. T. marneffei cells have been shown to become melanized in vivo.
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Signature gene expression reveals novel clues to the molecular mechanisms of dimorphic transition in Penicillium marneffei. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2014 Systemic dimorphic fungi cause more than one million new infections each year, ranking them among the significant public health challenges currently encountered. Penicillium marneffei is a systemic dimorphic fungus endemic to Southeast Asia.
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