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First report of Candida auris in America: Clinical and microbiological aspects of 18 episodes of candidemia

Calvo, Belinda; Melo, Analy Salles de Azevedo [UNIFESP]; Perozo-Mena, Armindo; Hernandez, Martin; Francisco, Elaine Cristina [UNIFESP]; Hagen, Ferry; Meis, Jacques F.; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP] (W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2016)

Objectives: Characterization of a hospital outbreak of Candida auris candidemia that involved 18 critically ill patients in Venezuela. Method: Bloodstream isolates of C. auris obtained from 18 patients admitted at a medical ...

Epidemiology and Microbiologic Characterization of Nosocomial Candidemia from a Brazilian National Surveillance Program

Doi, Andre Mario [UNIFESP]; Pignatari, Antonio Carlos Campos [UNIFESP]; Edmond, Michael B.; Marra, Alexandre Rodrigues; Camargo, Luis Fernando Aranha; Siqueira, Ricardo Andreotti [UNIFESP]; da Mota, Vivian Pereira; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP] (Public Library Science, 2016)

Candidemia is a growing problem in hospitals all over the world. Despite advances in the medical support of critically ill patients, candidiasis leads to prolonged hospitalization, and has a crude mortality rate around ...

High rate of Candida deep-seated infection in patients under chronic hemodialysis with extended central venous catheter use

Ourives, Ana Paula Jafet [UNIFESP]; Goncalves, Sarah Santos [UNIFESP]; Siqueira, Ricardo Andreotti [UNIFESP]; Souza, Ana Carolina Remondi [UNIFESP]; Canziani, Maria Eugenia Fernandes [UNIFESP]; Manfredi, Silvia Regina [UNIFESP]; Correa, Luci [UNIFESP]; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP] (Asociacion Espanola Micologia-Aem, 2016)

Background: Hemodialysis has been described as an important risk factor for the development of candidemia in patients suffering from chronic renal failure. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of ...

Chromoblastomycosis

Queiroz-Telles, Flavio; de Hoog, Sybren; Santos, Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima [UNIFESP]; Salgado, Claudio Guedes; Vicente, Vania Aparecida; Bonifaz, Alexandro; Roilides, Emmanuel; Xi, Liyan; Pedrozo e Silva Azevedo, Conceicao de Maria; da Silva, Moises Batista; Pana, Zoe Dorothea; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP]; Walsh, Thomas J. (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2017)

Chromoblastomycosis (CBM), also known as chromomycosis, is one of the most prevalent implantation fungal infections, being the most common of the gamut of mycoses caused by melanized or brown-pigmented fungi. CBM is mainly ...

Molecular Epidemiology of Agents of Human Chromoblastomycosis in Brazil with the Description of Two Novel Species

Gomes, Renata R.; Vicente, Vania A.; de Azevedo, Conceicao M. P. S.; Salgado, Claudio G.; da Silva, Moises B.; Queiroz-Telles, Flavio; Marques, Sirlei G.; Santos, Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima [UNIFESP]; de Andrade, Tania S.; Takagi, Elizabeth H.; Cruz, Katia S.; Fornari, Gheniffer; Hahn, Rosane C.; Scroferneker, Maria L.; Caligine, Rachel B.; Ramirez-Castrillon, Mauricio; de Araujo, Daniella P.; Heidrich, Daiane; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP]; de Hoog, G. S. (Public Library Science, 2016)

The human mutilating disease chromoblastomycosis is caused by melanized members of the order Chaetothyriales. To assess population diversity among 123 clinical strains of agents of the disease in Brazil we applied sequencing ...

Low Sensitivity of Lateral-Flow Device-Aspergillus in Patients with Probable and Proven Aspergillosis: Results from a Multicentre Evaluation (Retraction of Vol 56, 2018)

Falci, Diego R.; Pasqualotto, Alessandro C.; Nucci, Marcio; Monteiro, Alexandre A.; Melo, Analy Salles de Azevedo [UNIFESP]; Bergamasco, Maria Daniela Di Dea [UNIFESP]; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP] (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2018)

Brazilian guidelines for the clinical management of paracoccidioidomycosis

Shikanai-Yasuda, Maria Aparecida; Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP]; de Queiroz-Telles, Flavio; Goncalves Kono, Adriana Satie; Paniago, Anamaria M. M.; Nathan, Andre; Francisconi do Valle, Antonio Carlos; Bagagli, Eduardo; Benard, Gil; Ferreira, Marcelo Simao; Teixeira, Marcus de Melo; Silva-Vergara, Mario Leon; Pereira, Ricardo Mendes; Cavalcante, Ricardo de Souza; Hahn, Rosane; Durlacher, Rui Rafael; Khoury, Zarifa; de Camargo, Zoilo Pires [UNIFESP]; Moretti, Maria Luiza; Martinez, Roberto (Soc Brasileira Medicina Tropical, 2017)

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal disease occurring in Latin America that is associated with rural environments and agricultural activities. However, the incidence and prevalence of paracoccidiodomycosis is ...

Molecular characterization and antifungal susceptibility testing of Cryptococcus neoformans sensu stricto from southern Brazil

Herkert, Patricia Fernanda; Meis, Jacques F.; Salvador, Gabriel Lucca de Oliveira; Gomes, Renata Rodrigues; Vicente, Vania Aparecida; Muro, Marisol Dominguez; Pinheiro, Rosangela Lameira; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP]; Schwarzbold, Alexandre Vargas; Oliveira, Carla Sakuma de; Ferreira, Marcelo Simao; Queiroz-Telles, Flavio; Hagen, Ferry (Microbiology Soc, 2018)

Purpose. Cryptococcosis is acquired from the environment by the inhalation of Cryptococcus cells and may establish from an asymptomatic latent infection into pneumonia or meningoencephalitis. The genetic diversity of a ...