Publications by authors named "Beatriz da S Motta"
Background: Trichosporon genus encompasses emergent fungal pathogens with an increased incidence that concerns potential multi-drug resistance and mortality, especially in immunocompromised patients. COVID-19 is a disease of pandemic proportions with complications related to cytokine storm and lymphopenia.
Aims: To study the isolation of fungi within the Trichosporanaceae family in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Paracoccidiodomycosis (PCM) is the most important systemic mycosis in Brazil, and is usually associated with rural work. PCM is caused by inhalation of infective propagules of thermodimorphic fungi from the genus . In the past, it was believed that was the single species responsible for PCM cases.
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- * Samples from abandoned wood in an area with a history of sporotrichosis cases revealed a fungal colony that was genetically similar to a strain found in a cat with skin lesions.
- * The study showed that the sporotrichosis-causing fungi can persist in the environment for years, highlighting gaps in understanding its ecological dynamics, despite its prevalence in Brazil.