Pythiosis Presenting With Chronic Swelling and Painful Subcutaneous Lesion at Right Deltoid [PDF]
IDCases, 2023 Pythiosis is a fatal disease which has high incidence in tropical regions. In contrast with vascular pythiosis, cutaneous and subcutaneous pythiosis are both uncommon.
Siri Chiewchanvit +2 more
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History and Perspective of Immunotherapy for Pythiosis [PDF]
Vaccines, 2021 The fungus-like microorganism Pythium insidiosum causes pythiosis, a life-threatening infectious disease increasingly reported worldwide. Antimicrobial drugs are ineffective. Radical surgery is an essential treatment. Pythiosis can resume post-surgically.
Theerapong Krajaejun, Hanna Yolanda
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Global Distribution and Clinical Features of Pythiosis in Humans and Animals
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2022 Pythiosis is a difficult-to-treat infectious disease caused by Pythium insidiosum. The condition is unfamiliar among healthcare workers. Manifestation of pythiosis is similar to other fungal infections, leading to misdiagnosis and delayed treatment.
Theerapong Krajaejun, Hanna Yolanda
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Geographical distribution of human pythiosis in the USA [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumFor more than 100 years, the infections caused by Pythium insidiosum have been well documented in horses. However, recently, pythiosis was also described in several species, including dogs, cats, cattle, zoo captive animals, and humans.
Raquel Vilela +3 more
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Vitamin D‐Mediated Hypercalcemia in a Dog With Putative Cutaneous Pythiosis [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsA 12‐month‐old dog was diagnosed with cutaneous pythiosis after presenting with a nonhealing metatarsal wound, an inguinal mass, and regional lymphadenopathy.
Jennifer Brodkin +3 more
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Functional characterization of macrophages and change of Th1/Th2 balance in patients with pythiosis after Pythium insidiosum antigen immunotherapy [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThere has been limited research into the role of the Pythium insidiosum antigen (PIA) in modulating immune response in patients with pythiosis. This study investigated the balance of T helper type 2 (Th2) and T helper type 1 (Th1) responses after ...
Sadeep Medhasi +5 more
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The Use of Mefenoxam to Treat Cutaneous and Gastrointestinal Pythiosis in Dogs: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Pythium insidiosum, an aquatic oomycete with pathogenic potential in mammals, causes gastrointestinal and cutaneous disease in dogs. Mefenoxam, an agricultural anti-oomycotic compound, has a demonstrated the ability to inhibit P.
Phillip Billings +3 more
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Infection with Pythium flevoense in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) as a novel cause of dermatitis in marine mammals [PDF]
Veterinary Research, 2023 The oomycete Pythium flevoense was diagnosed as the cause of dermatitis in a young adult female harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) that had been trapped in a pound net in a temperate saltwater environment. Disease from Pythium sp.
Edwin J. B. Veldhuis Kroeze +7 more
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Molecular Detection of Pythium insidiosum in Cutaneous Lesions of Horses from Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
AnimalsPythiosis is an underestimated and neglected disease in Brazil, both in horse breeders and in horses. The molecular detection of P. insidiosum in horses in the Brazilian Northeast represents a milestone in the epidemiology of equine pythiosis in the ...
Artur Bibiano de Vasconcelos +8 more
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Development of lateral flow immunochromatographic assay with Anti-Pythium insidiosum antibodies for point-of-care testing of vascular pythiosis [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe pathogenic oomycete Pythium insidiosum causes a fatal infectious illness known as pythiosis, impacting humans and certain animals in numerous countries in the tropics and subtropics.
Panwad Tongchai +4 more
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