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Genetic diversity of pathogenic leptospires from wild, domestic and captive hos...
Ferreira, AS; Ahmed, A; Rocha, T; Vieira, ML; Paiva-Cardoso, MDN; Mesquita, JR; van der Linden, H; Goris, M; Thompson, G; Hartskeerl, RA; Inácio, JLeptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution with a significant veterinary and public health impact. It is caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The availability of effective tools to accurately identify and type leptospires is of utmost importance for the diagnosis of the disease and for assessing its epidemiology. Several multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) approache...
Abordagem de fracturas expostas: a propósito de um caso clínico
Caldeira, J; Rocha, R; Lemos, P; Inácio, J; Beckert, P
Kerion Caused by Microsporum Audouinii in a Child
Fernandes, S; Amaro, C; Martins, ML; Inácio, J; Araújo, T; Vieira, R; Silvestre, MJ; Cardoso, JKerion celsi is rarely associated with Microsporum audouinii infection. We report the case of a 3-year-old girl with a kerion celsi caused by M. audouinii and successfully treated with oral terbinafine. Fungi identification was made by macro and microscopical colony morphology analyses and molecular (genotypic) studies.
Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria Infectoria Presenting as Multiple Vegeta...
Cunha, D; Amaro, C; Vieira, MR; Martins, ML; Maduro, AP; Inácio, J; Afonso, A; Marques Pinto, G; Cardoso, JThe genus Alternaria is one of the most common black moulds and appears to be increasing as a causative agent of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, particularly among immunosuppressed patients. A 53-year-old patient who had received a kidney transplant presented with multiple verrucous lesions on the distal extremities. Positive histopathology and cultures, in addition to rDNA ITS region sequencing, identified the...