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Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Sales, Maria da Penha Uchoa; Camargo, José Jesus Peixoto; Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comarú; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(2008)
A case of invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus niger in a lung transplant recipient is described. The patient presented hyperglycemia starting postoperatively, with other complications such as cytomegalovirus ...
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Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Soares, Mauro Pereira; Cabana, Angela Leitzke; Silva Filho, Rodolfo Pinho da; Ruoppolo, Valéria; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(2011)
We studied a series of fifteen fatal cases of aspergillosis in penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus), seen over a 4-year period at a rehabilitation center in Southern Brazil. The clinical and pathological findings based on ...
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Severo, Cecília Bittencourt; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Gazzoni, Alexandra Flávia; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(2009)
Cryptococcosis is a systemic–opportunistic mycosis caused by two species of the encapsulated yeast-like organism, Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, which cause infection in immunocompromised individuals and in ...
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Guazzelli, Luciana Silva; Unis, Gisela; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Severo, Cecília Bittencourt; Picon, Pedro Dornelles; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(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 AIDS are reported here. In this group, all patients had hemoptysis ...
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Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comarú; Aquino, Valério Rodrigues; SukiennikI, Teresa Cristina Teixeira; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(2009)
Piperacillin-tazobactam is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent that can cause false-positive results in the commercial Platelia Aspergillus EIA test. So far, no study has been performed in Latin America to evaluate the ...
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Fischer, Gilberto Bueno; Mocelin, Helena; Severo, Cecília Bittencourt; Oliveira, Flávio de Mattos; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(2009)
Histoplamosis is the most common primary systemic mycosis in the USA and is becomingmore common as an opportunistic infection in HIV patients worldwide. In children the rate of asymptomatic infection is high. However, in ...
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Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Oliveira, Flávio de Mattos; Almeida, Valdir de; Prolla, Gabriel; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(2009)
Here we report a case of invasive pansinusitis with proptosis of the right eye caused by Aspergillus flavus in an immunocompromised patient with acute biphenotypic leukemia without aggressive therapy response.
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Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comarú; Sales, Maria da Penha Uchoa; Severo, Cecília Bittencourt; Camargo, José Jesus Peixoto; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(2008)
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is typically caused by a single Aspergillus
species, most frequently Aspergillus fumigatus. Here we report that a lung
transplant recipient developed invasive aspergillosis due to a mixed ...
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Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Oliveira, Flávio de Mattos; Severo, Luiz Carlos
(2009)
In this era of immunosuppression and transplantation, it is imperative that laboratory scientists remain in close communication with physicians. In patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy, the diagnosis of mycoses ...
