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