Human Pythiosis, Brazil

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, diag...

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Autores principales: Bosco, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes, Bagagli, Eduardo, Araújo, João Pessoa, Candeias, João Manuel Grisi, Fabiano de Franco, Marcello, Marques, Mariangela Esther Alencar, Mendoza, Leonel, Pires de Camargo, Rosangela, Marques, Silvio Alencar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15890126
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.040943
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Sumario: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.

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