Monitoring Anti-Pythium insidiosum IgG Antibodies and (1→3)-β- d -Glucan in Vascular Pythiosis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Monitoring Anti-Pythium insidiosum IgG Antibodies and (1→3)-β- d -Glucan in Vascular Pythiosis

Published:2018-08 Issue:8 Volume:56 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Worasilchai Navaporn¹,Permpalung Nitipong²³^ORCID,Chongsathidkiet Pakawat⁴^ORCID,Leelahavanichkul Asada⁵⁶,Mendoza Alberto Leonel⁷,Palaga Tanapat⁸,Reantragoon Rangsima⁵,Finkelman Malcolm⁹,Sutcharitchan Pranee¹⁰¹¹,Chindamporn Ariya¹²

Affiliation:

1. Interdisciplinary Program, Medical Microbiology, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

2. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

3. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

4. Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

5. Division of Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

6. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

7. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

8. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

9. Department of Clinical Development, Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., East Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA

10. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

11. King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand

12. Division of Mycology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

Despite aggressive treatment, vascular pythiosis has a mortality rate of 40%. This is due to delays in diagnosis and a lack of effective monitoring tools.

Funder

National Research Council of Thailand

Chulalongkorn University

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.00610-18

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