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Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Drivers, and Global Clinical Burden

ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fungal antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing concern for world health caused by an increase in multidrug‐resistant infections, an increase in environmental reservoirs, and the ineffectiveness of current antifungal treatments. Fungal infections continue to be largely excluded from AMR initiatives while causing over 1.6 million deaths ...
Bikash Baral
wiley   +1 more source

Desafío diagnóstico: PCR anidada y en tiempo real frente a un sistema de puntuación en individuos con gran riesgo de neumonía por Pneumocystis jirovecii

, 2023
Introduction. Pneumocystis jirovecii is an opportunistic fungus that affects mainly people living with HIV (CD4 cell count lower than 200 cells/ml) and other immunosuppressed patients. Since P.
Serra-Damasceno , Lisandra, Ferreira, Luiz Claudio, de Medeiros-Muniz , Mauro, Almeida-Paes , Rodrigo, Motta-Santos , Edwiges, Zancopé-Oliveira , Rosely M., de Faria Ferreira , Marcela, Pereira-Quintella, Leonardo, Almeida-Siva, Fernando   +8 more
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Antibody Response to Pneumocystis jirovecii [PDF]

, 2006
We conducted a prospective pilot study of the serologic responses to overlapping recombinant fragments of the Pneumocystis jirovecii major surface glycoprotein (Msg) in HIV-infected patients with pneumonia due to P. jirovecii and other causes.
Kieran R. Daly, Eiser, Shary, Zucchi, Patrizia, Patrizia Zucchi, Linda Levin, Judy Koch, Walzer, Peter D, Levin, Linda, Morris, Alison, Huang, Laurence, Supriya Satwah, Peter D. Walzer, Satwah, Supriya, Laurence Huang, Daly, Kieran R, Kristina Crothers, Alison Morris, Shary Eiser, Koch, Judy, Crothers, Kristina   +19 more
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Diagnosis and management guidelines for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome around the world: A scoping review and comparative study of international approaches

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is an epileptic encephalopathy requiring rapid diagnosis and treatment to optimize neurodevelopmental outcomes. Although multiple national and regional guidelines exist, recommendations vary.
Gozde Erdemir, Chethan K. Rao, Anne Francine Pino, Christina Briscoe, Debopam Samanta, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Sonal Bhatia, Jessica L. Carpenter, Christina Hoei‐Hansen, Puneet Jain, Tommy Stodberg, Robyn Whitney, Ryuki Matsuura, Karina Rosso Astorga, Keryma Acevedo Gallinato, Pratibha Singhi, Aristides Hadijinicolaou, Gia Melikishvili, Patricia Smeyers, Nicola Specchio, Stéphane Auvin, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium Infantile Spasm Work Group and International Committee   +21 more
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Myeloablative Busulfan, Fludarabine and Melphalan Conditioning for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Childhood Myeloid Malignancy

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.
We report our single‐center experience of transplant outcomes with a busulfan, fludarabine and melphalan‐based conditioning regimen for children < 18 years of age. The regimen was shown to be well tolerated and effective for heavily pretreated children with high‐risk myeloid malignancies prior to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
Mayank Dhamija, Fiona Kerr, Hazel Gough, Johnathan Soggee, Laurence C. Cheung, Rishi S. Kotecha, Shanti Ramachandran   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pneumocystis jirovecii

, 2017
In humans, Pneumocystis pneumonia is caused by a yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii. Originally called P. carinii, this organism was thought to be a protozoan; however, the discovery of chitin, β‎-1,3-glucan, and ergosterol in the cell wall ...
Stuart Flanagan
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a non-small cell lung cancer patient on chemoradiotherapy: A case report

Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2020
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is a very uncommon complication in lung cancer patients. We report the case of a 59-year-old, Stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (epidermoid) patient who was receiving concurrent chemotherapy scheme (cisplatin ...
Kevin Doello, Víctor Amezcua, Javier García, Javier Valdivia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hypercortisolism: Causes, Consequences and Clinical Significance – A Review of Pathophysiology

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercortisolism or Cushing syndrome is a heterogeneous clinical spectrum caused by chronic glucocorticoid excess, ranging from exogenous Cushing syndrome to rare endogenous aetiologies and the increasingly recognised entity of mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS). Physiological cortisol production is tightly regulated by the hypothalamic–
Mohamed Eldib, Francisco Emilio Fierro, Maria Ortega Abad, Ricardo Correa   +3 more
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Successful Treatment of Pulmonary and Cerebral Toxoplasmosis Associated with Pneumocystis Pneumonia in an HIV Patient

Diseases, 2017
In both the post and pre combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) era, Pneumocystis jirovecii and Toxoplasma gondii remain common opportunistic infectious agents. The common manifestations are pneumonia for P. jirovecii and brain abscess for T.
Marie-Françoise Rey, Charles Mary, Diane Sanguinetti, Stéphane Ranque, Christophe Bartoli, Coralie L’Ollivier   +5 more
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Therapy With Doxycycline and Hydroxychloroquine Enables Surgical Excision of Ulcerated Cutaneous Granulomas in a Patient With Ataxia Telangiectasia

Pediatric Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rubella virus vaccine strain can cause granulomas in patients with inborn errors of immunity that may evolve into chronic, recalcitrant ulcers. This report details treatment of ulcerated rubella granulomas in a patient with ataxia telangiectasia with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine resulting in partial ulcer healing within 4 weeks ...
Luis Murguía‐Favela, Sofia Maruschak‐Love, Robertson A. Harrop, Marie‐Anne Brundler, Kyle Kurek, Kevin Fonseca, Michele L. Ramien   +6 more
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