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Update of the Epidemiology of the Sporotrichosis Epidemic in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Published in Mycoses (01-12-2022)“…Background Sporotrichosis is a disease not requiring jurisdictional notification and consequently is underreported in Brazil. Therefore, the epidemiological…”
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Septic arthritis caused by Candida dubliniensis following arthroscopic surgery
Published in Medical mycology case reports (01-03-2024)“…A 37-year-old immunocompetent man was admitted to the emergency department due to recurrent pain and oedema of his right knee. Two months earlier, he had…”
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Tattooing as a gateway to Sporothrix brasiliensis infection
Published in Medical mycology case reports (01-09-2022)“…Recently, sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis transmitted during tattooing process was described in the epicenter of the Brazilian epidemic…”
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Comparison Between Etest and Broth Microdilution Methods for Testing Itraconazole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus Susceptibility to Antifungal Combinations
Published in Mycopathologia (1975) (01-04-2018)“…The checkerboard broth microdilution assay (BMD) is the most frequently used method for the in vitro evaluation of drug combinations. However, its use to…”
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Phaeohyphomycosis: a clinical-epidemiological and diagnostic study of eighteen cases in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-11-2012)“…The goal of this study was to review 18 cases of phaeohyphomycosis in Rio Grande do Sul. The records of all of the patients with a diagnosis of…”
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Multiple pulmonary nodules caused by Corynebacterium striatum in an immunocompetent patient
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-01-2014)“…Nondiphtherial corynebacteria are ubiquitous in nature and commonly colonize the skin and mucous membranes of humans, however they rarely account for clinical…”
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Disseminated Paracoccidioidomycosis (Simulating Metastatic Lung Cancer) and Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfestation in a Steroid-Treated Patient
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-05-2011)“…Article Usage Stats Services JCM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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A Case of Miliary Pulmonary Cryptococcosis and Review of Literature
Published in Mycopathologia (1975) (01-04-2015)“…We describe a case of cryptococcal fungemia in a 62-year-old male renal transplant patient. The diagnosis was established by isolation of Cryptococcus…”
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HISTOPATHOLOGY, SEROLOGY AND CULTURES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-09-2009)“…Cryptococcosis is one of the most common opportunistic fungal infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report 13 cases of…”
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Use of Mueller-Hinton broth and agar in the germ tube test
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-11-2014)“…Candida albicans is often isolated from clinical samples, thus its presumptive differentiation from other species of the same genus can be based on its ability…”
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Aspergillus fumigatus sensu stricto genetic diversity from cystic fibrosis patients
Published in International journal of medical microbiology (01-12-2024)“…We aimed to access the genetic diversity of Apergillus fumigatus strains obtained from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients from southern Brazil. A. fumigatus sensu…”
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Histoplasmosis presenting with multiple pulmonary nodules. A case mimicking radiological features of pulmonary metastasis
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (2013)“…We present a case of histoplasmosis with multiple pulmonary nodules in a patient with a history of melanoma. This case closely simulated malignancy, including…”
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Sporothrix brasiliensis-specific polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of cat and human sporotrichosis through non-invasive samples
Published in Medical mycology (Oxford) (02-08-2024)“…Zoonotic sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis is an emerging mycosis in Latin America. One of the problems to quickly treat infected animals and…”
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for the Diagnosis of Sporotrichosis by Sporothrix brasiliensis
Published in Mycopathologia (1975) (01-10-2024)“…We aimed to develop and validate a Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay to Sporothrix brasiliensis . LAMP reaction was developed using six…”
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Experimental study of specific and nonspecific blood culture bottles for the diagnosis of candidemia
Published in Revista iberoamericana de micología (01-01-2024)“…Early diagnosis of candidemia is critical for the correct management and treatment of patients. To test the efficacy of different blood culture bottles in the…”
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Fungal Bloodstream Co-infection by Trichosporon asahii in a COVID-19 Critical Patient: Case Report and Literature Review
Published in Mycopathologia (1975) (01-08-2022)“…Opportunistic infections are serious complications in critically ill COVID-19 patients, especially co-infections with bacterial and fungal agents. Here we…”
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Cryptococcus gattii fungemia : Report of a case with lung and brain lesions mimicking radiological features of malignancy
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-07-2007)“…A 64-year-old apparently immunocompetent white man developed lung and brain lesions of disseminated cryptococcosis. The radiologic features mimicked those of…”
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FUNGUS BALL IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-12-2009)“…Aspergillus is a phagocyte opportunistic fungus that causes aspergillosis, an unusual disease in patients with AIDS. Six cases of fungal ball in patients with…”
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Histoplasma capsulatum fungemia in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome : Detection by lysis-centrifugation blood-culturing technique
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-05-2007)“…Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) is an increasingly common cause of infection in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). We…”
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Cryptococcosis in children
Published in Paediatric respiratory reviews (01-12-2009)“…Summary Cryptococcosis is a systemic–opportunistic mycosis caused by two species of the encapsulated yeast-like organism, Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii…”
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