Search Results - "Valle, Antonio Carlos Francesconi"
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Sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Sporothrix brasiliensis is associated with atypical clinical presentations
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-09-2014)“…There have been several recent changes in the taxonomy of Sporothrix schenckii as well as new observations regarding the clinical aspects of sporotrichosis. In…”
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Antibody Isotype and Subclass Responses in Human Patients With Different Clinical Presentations of Sporotrichosis
Published in Mycoses (01-09-2024)“…ABSTRACT Sporotrichosis diagnosis involves a series of analyses, including culture and antibody detection in serum samples. Serologic methods may sometimes…”
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Sporotrichosis: an emerging neglected opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-08-2014)“…Sporotrichosis associated with zoonotic transmission remains a relevant public health problem in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, affecting a large at-risk population,…”
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Cryosurgery for the treatment of cutaneous sporotrichosis in four pregnant women
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (23-04-2018)“…Pregnant women with sporotrichosis should not receive systemic antifungal therapy except in severe cases when amphotericin B is recommended. Thermotherapy is…”
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis PS2: First Autochthonous Paracoccidioidomycosis Case Report in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Literature Review
Published in Mycopathologia (1975) (01-10-2016)“…Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis caused by pathogenic dimorphic fungi of the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis complex. It is the most important…”
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Paracoccidioidomycosis due to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis S1 plus HIV co-infection
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-03-2018)“…Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is one of the most important systemic mycoses in Latin America and the leading fungal cause of mortality in non-immunosuppressed…”
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Acute dacryocystitis: another clinical manifestation of sporotrichosis
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-04-2014)“…Sporotrichosis associated with exposure to domestic cats is hyperendemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A review of the clinical records at our institute revealed…”
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Fatal septic shock caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis phylogenetic species S1 in a young immunocompetent patient: a case report
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-01-2018)“…The authors report the first case of fatal septic shock, a rare clinical presentation of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis…”
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Cat-Transmitted Sporotrichosis Epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Description of a Series of Cases
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (15-02-2004)“…Sporotrichosis is the most common subcutaneous mycosis in South America. Classic infection is associated with traumatic inoculation of soil, vegetables, and…”
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Molecular epidemiology and antifungal susceptibility patterns of Sporothrix schenckii isolates from a cat-transmitted epidemic of sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in Medical mycology (Oxford) (01-03-2008)“…Since 1998 a cat-transmitted epidemic of sporotrichosis has been observed in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. Besides the lymphocutaneous and fixed forms, other…”
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Refractory sporotrichosis due to Sporothrix brasiliensis in humans appears to be unrelated to in vivo resistance
Published in Medical mycology (Oxford) (01-07-2017)“…Abstract Sporotrichosis is a subacute to chronic infection caused by members of the Sporothrix schenckii complex. Itraconazole is the first choice antifungal…”
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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV and sporotrichosis coinfection: report of two cases and review of the literature
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-12-2014)“…We report 2 cases of patients with immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) associated with cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis and human…”
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Clinical features and genetic background of the sympatric species Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides americana
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-04-2019)“…The agents of paracoccidioidomycosis, historically identified as Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, are in fact different phylogenetic species. This study aims to…”
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Evolution of virulence-related phenotypes of Sporothrix brasiliensis isolates from patients with chronic sporotrichosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Published in Brazilian journal of microbiology (01-03-2021)“…Sporotrichosis in immunocompromised patients has a high morbidity and may cause deaths. Particularly, patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)…”
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Molecular eco-epidemiology of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in road-killed mammals reveals Cerdocyon thous and Cuniculus paca as new hosts harboring this fungal pathogen
Published in PloS one (24-08-2021)“…Wild animals infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis represent important indicators of this fungal agent presence in the environment. The detection of this…”
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Paracoccidioidomycosis and pregnancy: A 40-year single-center cohort study in the endemic area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (14-09-2023)“…The occurrence of acute paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in urban areas of the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, has emerged in recent years. Therefore, young…”
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COVID-19 and acute juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis coinfection
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (10-08-2020)“…Case presentation A 19-year-old male patient was admitted to the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fiocruz, on 10 March 2020…”
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Eumycetoma by Madurella mycetomatis with 30 years of evolution: therapeutic challenge
Published in Anais brasileiros de dermatología (01-12-2013)“…We report a case of eumycetoma by Madurella mycetomatis on the buttocks and thighs in an adult immunocompetent patient, diagnosed after 30 years of clinical…”
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis habitat: far beyond armadillo burrows?
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-01-2020)“…Paracoccidioides spp. isolation from environmental samples is rare and hardly reproducible. Molecular techniques have facilitated the fungal detection…”
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Molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profiles of clinical strains of Fonsecaea spp. isolated from patients with chromoblastomycosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (26-07-2018)“…Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a difficult-to-treat chronic subcutaneous mycosis. In Brazil, the main agent of this disease is Fonsecaea pedrosoi, which is…”
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