| Journal: | Brazilian journal of microbiology |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000291306 |
| ISSN: | 1517-8382 |
| Authors: | Macedo, Danielle Patricia Cerqueira1 Neves, Rejane Pereira2 Souza-Motta, Cristina Maria de Magalhaes, Oliane Maria Correia |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas, Recife, Pernambuco. Brasil 2Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Micologia, Recife, Pernambuco. Brasil |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Season: | Ene-Mar |
| Volumen: | 38 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 110-112 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental |
| English abstract | Opportunistic mycoses have been increasingly observed among immunocompromised patients. We describe a case in which Engyodontium album was isolated and cultured from the blood of a patient with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. E. album grew at 37ºC and showed proteinase activity, both indicators of pathogenicity. This is the first time that this organism has been reported as agent of fungaemia |
| Portuguese abstract | Micoses oportunistas têm sido progressivamente observadas entre pacientes imunocomprometidos. Nós descrevemos um caso no qual Engyodontium album foi isolado e crescido do sangue de um paciente com a Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida. E. album cresceu a 37ºC e exibiu atividade proteásica, ambos indicadores de patogenicidade. Esta é a primeira vez que este organismo foi reportado como agente de fungemia |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Biología |
| Keyword: | Microbiología, Hongos, Inmunología, Engyodontium album, Fungemia, Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Biology, Microbiology, Fungi, Immunology, Engyodontium album, Fungaemia, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
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