Human pythiosis, Brazil

Bosco, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes; Bagagli, Eduardo; Araújo Jr., João Pessoa; Candeias, João Manuel Grisi; Franco, Marcello Fabiano de; Marques, Mariangela Esther Alencar; Mendoza, Leonel; Camargo, Rosangela Pires de; Marques, Silvio Alencar

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Title:

Human pythiosis, Brazil

Author(s):

Institution:

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Michigan State University

ISSN:

1080-6040

Abstract:

Pythiosis, caused by Pythium insidiosum, occurs in humans and animals and is acquired from aquatic environments that harbor the emerging pathogen. Diagnosis is difficult because clinical and histopathologic features are not pathognomonic. We report the first human case of pythiosis from Brazil, diagnosed by using culture and rDNA sequencing.

Issue Date:

1-May-2005

Citation:

Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 11, n. 5, p. 715-718, 2005.

Time Duration:

715-718

Keywords:

amphotericin B
itraconazole
potassium iodide
adult
Brazil
case report
clinical feature
DNA sequence
histopathology
hospital admission
human
male
nucleotide sequence
pythiosis
Pythium
skin disease
Humans
Infection
Male
Middle Aged

Source:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.040943

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Access Rights:

Acesso aberto

Type:

outro

Source:

http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/68231

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