Human Pythiosis, Brazil.

Authors :: De Moraes Gimenes Bosco, Sandra
Bagagli, Eduardo
Araújo Jr., João Pessoa
Candeias, João Manuel Grisi
De Franco, Marcello Fabiano
Marques, Mariangela Esther Alencar
Mendoza, Leonel
De Camargo, Rosangela Pires
Marques, Silvio Alencar
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases; May2005, Vol. 11 Issue 5, p715-718, 4p, 2 Color Photographs
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: Pythiosis. caused by Pythium insidiosum, occurs in humans and animals and is acquired from aquatic environments that harbor the emerging pathogen. Diagnosis is difficult because clinical and histopathologic features are not pathognomonic. We report the first human case of pythiosis from Brazil, diagnosed by using culture and rDNA sequencing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]