Human pythiosis, Brazil.
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.
Bosco
Sandra de Moraes Gimenes
Sde M
Department of Pathology, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Bagagli
Eduardo
E
Araújo
João Pessoa
JP
Candeias
João Manuel Grisi
JM
de Franco
Marcello Fabiano
MF
Alencar Marques
Mariangela Esther
ME
Mendoza
Leonel
L
de Camargo
Rosangela Pires
RP
Alencar Marques
Silvio
S
D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011775:Pythium / Q000302:isolation & purification*