Pythium insidiosum keratitis - A review [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 Pythium insidiosum is an oomycete and is also called “parafungus” as it closely mimics fungal keratitis. The last decade saw an unprecedented surge in Pythium keratitis cases, especially from Asia and India, probably due to growing research on the ...
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Commentary: Pythium insidiosum keratitis
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Prashant Garg
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Severe skin and subcutaneous pythiosis in China: Metagenomic identification and characterization of Pythium insidiosum [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Pythium insidiosum is a rare fungus-like pathogen that is known to cause pythiosis in mammals with high morbidity and mortality. Identification of the pathogen is essential for timely treatment and rational use of antibiotics. However, Pythium insidiosum
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Neutrophil extracellular traps and phagocytosis in Pythium insidiosum. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Neutrophils are innate immune cells that play crucial roles in response to extracellular pathogens, including bacteria and fungi. Pythium insidiosum (P insidiosum) is a fungus-like pathogen that causes "pythiosis" in mammals. This study investigated in vitro function of human neutrophils against P. insidiosum.
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Genotyping of South American clinical isolates of Pythium insidiosum based on single nucleotide polymorphism-based multiplex PCR [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2019 : We aimed to genotype the South American clinical isolates of Pythium insidiosum using the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of the ribosomal DNA sequences (rDNA). Previously, an SNP-based multiplex-PCR was able to distinguish three different clades
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Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals Gene Content Diversity, Phylogenomic Contour, Putative Virulence Determinants, and Potential Diagnostic Markers within Pythium insidiosum Traits [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Pythium insidiosum has successfully evolved into a human/animal filamentous pathogen, causing pythiosis, a life-threatening disease, worldwide. The specific rDNA-based genotype of P. insidiosum (clade I, II, or III) is associated with the different hosts
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Pythium insidiosum Keratitis: Past, Present, and Future. [PDF]
Ophthalmol Ther, 2022 Pythium insidiosum (PI) is an oomycete, a protist belonging to the clade Stramenopila. PI causes vision-threatening keratitis closely mimicking fungal keratitis (FK), hence it is also labeled as "parafungus". PI keratitis was initially confined to Thailand, USA, China, and Australia, but with growing clinical awareness and improvement in diagnostic ...
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Role of Immunotherapy in Pythium insidiosum Keratitis. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2022 ABSTRACT. Pythium keratitis is a potentially devastating ocular condition. Incidence of Pythium keratitis has been reported in tropical and subtropical areas. In previous reports, there were no effective or standard treatments, and combinations of medication, immunotherapy, and surgery were proposed.
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PacBio long read-assembled draft genome of Pythium insidiosum strain Pi-S isolated from a Thai patient with pythiosis [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2023 Objectives Pythium insidiosum is the causative agent of pythiosis, a difficult-to-treat condition, in humans and animals worldwide. Biological information about this filamentous microorganism is sparse. Genomes of several P.
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MGI short-read genome assemblies of Pythium insidiosum (reclassified as Pythium periculosum) strains Pi057C3 and Pi050C3 [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2023 Objectives Pythium insidiosum causes a difficult-to-treat infectious condition called pythiosis, with high morbidity and mortality. So far, genome data of at least 10 strains of P.
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