Publications by authors named "Mari T Iwasawa"
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- * In a study using mice, it was found that while the body can normally clear C. albicans after skin colonization in wild-type mice, those lacking both IL-17A and IL-17F had severe inflammation and struggled to clear the infection.
- * The research highlighted that specific immune cells (ILC3s and γδT cells) are key producers of IL-17 during this process and that neutrophils are also essential for the clearance of C. albicans, indicating a complex but critical immune response in the epiderm
A three-year-old Sri Lankan boy residing in Japan developed a nodule on his scalp after visiting Sri Lanka. Two months later, the lesion increased in size to 22 × 19 mm(2), and was identified as an erythematous nodule with alopecia. Direct examination of the infected hair shafts indicated fungal hyphae outside the shafts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a lymphocutaneous type of nocardiosis caused by Nocardia vinacea. A 62-year-old woman with polymyositis presented with some erythematous swellings and subcutaneous abscesses on her right middle finger and the dorsum of her hand, which had persisted for 2 weeks. Culturing of the excised nodule and pus revealed orange to orange-tan colonies with scanty whitish aerial mycelia.
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