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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, Cornelis E. van Elk, Marco W. G. van de Bildt, Peter R. W. A. van Run, Geoffrey Foster, Nissrine Abou-Chakra, Rasmus Krøger Hare, Thijs Kuiken   +7 more
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Sublingual pythiosis in a cat [PDF]

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2017
Background Pythiosis is a potentially fatal but non-contagious disease affecting humans and animals living in tropical and subtropical climates, but is also reasonably widespread in temperate climates, throughout the world.
Jessica Sonia Fortin, Michael John Calcutt, Dae Young Kim   +2 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 Reports
There 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, Naunpun Sangphech, Nitipong Permpalung, Pattama Torvorapanit, Rongpong Plongla, Navaporn Worasilchai   +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, Stuart Walton, Justin Shmalberg, Domenico Santoro   +3 more
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Molecular Detection of Pythium insidiosum in Cutaneous Lesions of Horses from Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Animals
Pythiosis 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, Danilo Alves de França, Ana Carolina do Prado, Danielle Hamae Yamauchi, Andrezza Caroline Aragão da Silva, Isabella de Oliveira Barros, Sandra Regina Fonseca de Araújo Valença, Simone Baldini Lucheis, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco   +8 more
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Enhancing knowledge of vascular pythiosis: Impact of a self-paced online course among Thai learners. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundPythiosis caused by Pythium insidiosum, is a rare but deadly infectious disease that is often underrecognized. The disease has high morbidity and mortality rates, particularly in vascular forms where surgical resection is necessary.
Pattama Torvorapanit, Surachai Leksuwankun, Rongpong Plongla, Navaporn Worasilchai, Nattapong Langsiri, Ariya Chindamporn, Achitpol Thongkam, Nuttapon Susaengrat, Pongsakorn Ouwongprayoon, Karan Srisurapanont, Kasama Manothummetha, Nipat Chuleerarux, Tanaporn Meejun, Jaedvara Thanakitcharu, Bhoowit Lerttiendamrong, Nitipong Permpalung, Saman Nematollahi   +16 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 Reports
The 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, Ati Burassakarn, Nattapong Langsiri, Navaporn Worasilchai, Ariya Chindamporn   +4 more
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Pythium insidiosum: an emerging pathogen that is easily misdiagnosed and given treatment as a fungus [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
BackgroundPythium insidiosum (P. insidiosum) is the causative agent of pythiosis, an infectious disease with a high morbidity and fatality rate.
Liuyang Hu, Xiulu Huang, Ngan Hung Yee, Huixia Meng, Li Jiang, Liang Liang, Xingchun Chen   +6 more
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Pythiosis of the digestive tract in sheep [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2012
Cutaneous and rhinofacial infections by Pythium insidiosum have previously been reported in sheep in Brazil. In the current study, a new form of pythiosis involving the alimentary tract of 2 nursing lambs from 2 different farms in the semiarid region of Brazil is described.
Franklin Riet-Correa, Glaucia Kommers, Antonio F M Dantas   +2 more
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First Molecularly Confirmed Outbreak of Bovine Pythiosis Caused by Pythium insidiosum in the Amazon Biome [PDF]

Pathogens
Pythiosis is a neglected infectious disease caused by the aquatic oomycete Pythium insidiosum and remains underrecognized in cattle, particularly in tropical regions.
Janayna Barroso dos Santos, Hanna Gabriela da Silva Oliveira, André de Medeiros Costa Lins, Edson Moleta Colodel, Agnes de Souza Lima, Henrique dos Anjos Bomjardim, Flavio Roberto Chaves da Silva, Cíntia Daudt, Valeria Dutra, Felipe Masiero Salvarani   +9 more
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