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Sporothrix and Sporotrichosis: A South African Perspective on a Growing Global Health Threat

open access: yesMycoses, Volume 67, Issue 10, October 2024.
ABSTRACT Sporotrichosis is a disease that arises from a fungal infection caused by members of the Ascomycete genus Sporothrix. The disease has a unique history in South Africa, due to an association with gold mines, where large numbers of mine workers were infected in the 1930s and 1940s.
Taygen Fuchs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray spectroscopy applied to mycelial phase of sporothrix schenckii

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1975
Scanning electron microscopy applied to the mycelial phase of Sporothrix schenckii shows a matted mycelium with conidia of a regular pattern. X-Ray microanalysis applied in energy dispersive spectroscopy and also in wavelength dispersive spectroscopy ...
M. Thibaut, M. Ansel
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Misdiagnosis of cutaneous facial sporotrichosis: An analysis of five cases

open access: yesJournal of Cosmetic Dermatology, Volume 23, Issue 9, Page 3000-3004, September 2024.
Abstract Background Facial cutaneous sporotrichosis presents with diverse clinical manifestations, often leading to misdiagnosis. Objective This study aims to present the clinical characteristics of five misdiagnosed cases of facial cutaneous sporotrichosis, aiming to enhance understanding of this disease and prevent misdiagnosis and mistreatment ...
Weiwei Shi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

In vitro reduction of pathogenic sporothrix schenckii fungus by photodynamic therapy

open access: yesO Mundo da Saúde, 2017
Sporotrichosis is a disease that affects the lymph vessels, skin and some internal organs. Most cases are presented as a subacute chronic mycosis caused by the Sporothrix schenckii fungus; fairly common in tropical regions. The aim of this study was to
Gunther Monteiro de Paula Guirado   +4 more
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Development of experimental sporothrichosis in a murine model with yeast and mycelial forms of Sporothrix schenkii [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous disease that affects both men and a variety of animals caused by the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii. The aims of this study were to observe differences in virulence between inocula containing the yeast (Y) or ...
Antunes, Tatiana de Ávila   +7 more
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Discovery of Ascomycete characteristics in Sporothrix schenckii

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1973
Sporothrix schenckii has been studied by light microscopy, and also by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Characteristics of Ascomycetes have been oibserved at the level of the cell-wall and in the synaptic system of the hyphae.
M. Thibaut, M. Ansel
doaj  

Microbial β-Glucosidases: screening, characterization, cloning and applications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cellulose is the most abundant biomaterial in the biosphere and the major component of plant biomass. Cellulase is an enzymatic system required for conversion of renewable cellulose biomass into free sugar for subsequent use in different applications ...
Ahmed, Amer   +5 more
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Essential oil composition and antimicrobial activity of Lobelia pyramidalis Wall [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The essential oil of Lobelia pyramidalis was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. A total of 21 con-stituents comprising 77.88 % of the total oil were identified. Perilla ketone constituted 25.61 % of the oil followed by camphorquinone (12.16 %), dibutyl phthalate (
Bishta, Ganga   +3 more
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An immunoproteomic approach revealing peptides from Sporothrix brasiliensis that induce a cellular immune response in subcutaneous sporotrichosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Sporothrix brasiliensis is the most virulent fungus of the Sporothrix complex and is the main species recovered in the sporotrichosis zoonotic hyperendemic area in Rio de Janeiro. A vaccine against S. brasiliensis could improve the current sporotrichosis
Almeida, Jose Roberto Fogaca de   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

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