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In Vitro Activity of the Novel Antifungal Olorofim against Scedosporium and Lomentospora prolificans

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans are an emerging group of fungi refractory to current antifungal treatments. These species largely affect immunocompromised individuals but can also be lung colonizers in cystic fibrosis patients.
Ourania Georgacopoulos, Natalie Nunnally, Derek Law, Mike Birch, Elizabeth L. Berkow, Shawn R. Lockhart   +5 more
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Scedosporium apiospermum chorioretinitis [PDF]

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 2001
ABSTRACT.Purpose: A case of a 24‐year‐old immunocompetent woman who developed unilateral Scedosporium apiospermum chorioretinitis and diffuse cervical lymphadenitis 10 years after facial steroid injection is described.Methods: The patient was initially treated for the misdiagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis.
H, Kiratli, , Uzun O, N, Kiraz, B, Eldem
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Environmental Screening for the Scedosporium apiospermum Species Complex in Public Parks in Bangkok, Thailand. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The Scedosporium apiospermum species complex, comprising filamentous fungal species S. apiospermum sensu stricto, S. boydii, S. aurantiacum, S. dehoogii and S. minutispora, are important pathogens that cause a wide variety of infections.
Natthanej Luplertlop, Potjaman Pumeesat, Watcharamat Muangkaew, Thanwa Wongsuk, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo   +4 more
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Monoclonal antibodies against peptidorhamnomannans of Scedosporium apiospermum enhance the pathogenicity of the fungus. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
Scedosporium apiospermum is part of the Pseudallescheria-Scedosporium complex. Peptidorhamnomannans (PRMs) are cell wall glycopeptides present in some fungi, and their structures have been characterized in S. apiospermum, S.
Livia C L Lopes, Rodrigo Rollin-Pinheiro, Allan J Guimarães, Vera C B Bittencourt, Luis R Martinez, Wade Koba, Sandra E Farias, Joshua D Nosanchuk, Eliana Barreto-Bergter   +8 more
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Scedosporium apiospermumkeratitis treated with itraconazole [PDF]

Medical Mycology, 2003
Mycotic keratitis usually occurs in conjunction with trauma to the cornea. Scedosporium apiospermum, a dematiaceous fungus linked to the teleomorph Pseudallescheria boydii is not a common agent of mycotic keratitis. A 22-year old male patient with mycotic keratitis due to S. apiospermum is presented.
M A, Saracli, U, Erdem, A, Gonlum, S T, Yildiran   +3 more
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Utilization of voriconazole drug monitoring in the treatment of cutaneous Scedosporium apiospermum infection

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
We report the use of voriconazole troughs to achieve appropriate therapeutic levels in treatment of a cutaneous Scedosporium apiospermum infection. Following heart transplantation, a 63-year-old immunocompromised patient presented with post-traumatic ...
McKenna E. Boyd, Harry Dao, Jerry D. Estep, Yve T. Huttenbach, Vagish Hemmige   +4 more
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Scedosporium spp. from Clinical Setting in Argentina, with the Proposal of the New Pathogenic Species Scedosporium americanum

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Species of the genus Scedosporium (family Microascaceae, phylum Ascomycota) are responsible for a wide range of opportunistic human infections, and have a low susceptibility to most antifungal drugs.
Ruben A. Abrantes, Nicolás Refojo, Alejandra I. Hevia, Julián Fernández, Guillermina Isla, Susana Córdoba, María F. Dávalos, Silvina Lubovich, Ivana Maldonado, Graciela O. Davel, Alberto M. Stchigel   +10 more
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Draft Genome Sequence of the Human-Pathogenic Fungus Scedosporium boydii [PDF]

, 2017
The opportunistic fungal pathogen Scedosporium boydii is the most common Scedosporium species in French patients with cystic fibrosis. Here we present the first genome report for S.
Bouchara, J-P., Dugé de Bernonville, T., Duvaux, L., Gastebois, A., Le Cam, B., Papon, N., Shiller, J., Thornton, C., Vandeputte, P.   +8 more
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Scedosporium apiospermum endopthalmitis treated early with intravitreous voriconazole results in recovery of vision [PDF]

, 2012
AIM: The purpose of this study is to report a case of endogenous endopthalmitis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum with a favorable outcome and review previously reported cases, their treatment regimens and outcomes.
Catherine Liu, Irena Tsui, Monika Paroder Belenitsky   +2 more
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Absence of intraocular infections after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at a single center: The experience with current preventive regimens [PDF]

, 2014
Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of intraocular infections after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). Methods: The study design was a single institutional retrospective noncomparative cohort of 135 consecutive patients in 2006 and 2007 ...
Boome, L.C.J. (Liane ) te, Lokhorst, H.M. (Henk), Riemens, A. (Anjo), Rothová, A. (Aniki), Stoyanova, V. (Violeta)   +4 more
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