Efficacy of Aloe secundiflora crude plant extract against Candida albicans and Penicillium marneffei
African Journal of Science, Technology and Social Sciences, 2022 Medicinal plants have been used in production of various drugs singly or in combination and even as principal raw material for the production of other conventional medicines. There are a number of Aloe species that grow wildly in Kenya. Ten mature leaves
Patrick Mutharia Ndiba, Rebecca Waihenya
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Disseminated penicilliosis (non-) in an immuno-competent individual in Malaysia
Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2018 Penicilliosis infection caused by Penicillium marneffei is the third most common opportunistic infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus patients in South-east Asia; however, Penicillium infection caused by non- P. marneffei is uncommon.
Lily Diana Zainudin +5 more
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Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection recurrence in a non-acquired immune deficiency syndrome patient: A case report. [PDF]
Mol Clin Oncol, 2016 Penicillium marneffei is a rare deep tissue fungal infection causing an endemic in Southeast Asia. This infection causes penicilliosis disease and is more common in patients who are immunocompromised. To date, no cases of P.
Zhang Z +5 more
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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.
Ariya Sapmak +3 more
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Role of Rhizomys pruinosus as a natural animal host of Penicillium marneffei in Guangdong, China. [PDF]
Microb Biotechnol, 2015 Penicillium marneffei, a dimorphic fungus that can cause penicilliosis marneffei, is endemic in Southeast Asia. The only known hosts of P. marneffei are humans and bamboo rats. The aim of our study was to explore the distribution of P.
Huang X, He G, Lu S, Liang Y, Xi L.
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Detection of DOPA-melanin in the dimorphic fungal pathogen Penicillium marneffei and its effect on macrophage phagocytosis in vitro. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The fungal pathogen Penicillium marneffei produces melanin-like pigment in vitro. The synthetic pathway of melanin and its possible influence in the protective yeast cells surviving within macrophage cells are not known. In this work, P.
Donghua Liu +3 more
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Successful treatment of pulmonary invasive fungal infection by Penicillium non‐marneffei in lymphoblastic lymphoma: case report and literature review [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2018 Key Clinical Message Penicillium non‐marneffei species rarely cause disease in humans and are encountered most commonly in the clinical laboratory as culture contaminants; however, recently they have emerged as opportunistic pathogens in ...
Isabel Ramírez +2 more
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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.
Ence Yang +7 more
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Acute Abdomen Due to Penicillium marneffei: An Indicator of HIV Infection in Manipur State [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Opportunistic infection in HIV disease often present to clinicians in an atypical manner testing clinical acumen. Here, we report a case of Penicilliosis marneffei (PM) infection presenting to surgical emergency as acute abdomen with undiagnosed HIV ...
Hemanth Sureshwara Ghalige +4 more
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A case of Penicillium marneffei infection involving the main tracheal structure. [PDF]
BMC Infect Dis, 2014 Qiu Y +6 more
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