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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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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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author 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
author_facet Bosco, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes
Bagagli, Eduardo
Araújo, João Pessoa
Candeias, João Manuel Grisi
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Pires de Camargo, Rosangela
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33203812012-04-20 Human Pythiosis, Brazil 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3320381/ /pubmed/15890126 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.040943 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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