Comparative virulence of Scedosporium species in animal models
Braz. j. infect. dis
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14(3): 271-276, May-June 2010. ilus, tab
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em Inglês
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| ID: lil-556840
ABSTRACT
Scedosporium species are an emerging opportunist group of fungi that have been found to cause infections in both immunocompetent and non-immunocompetent individuals. The infections are not regularly distributed among different countries of the world either because of improper identification or other geographical reasons. Strange as it may, disseminated systemic infections have only been reported in some specific countries. We used a mouse model of disseminated infection to assess if strains from Nigeria were virulent and compared it to a few other strains from other countries. S. apiospermum isolated from Nigeria were clearly less virulent than those obtained elsewhere. This may be the reason why this group of fungi has not been associated with specific clinical problems in Nigeria in pa'rticular and Africa in general.
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Scedosporium
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Micetoma
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Animais
País/Região como assunto:
África
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Assunto da revista:
Doenças Transmissíveis
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Nigéria
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University of Nigeria/NG
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