Identification of Emerging Human-Pathogenic Pythium insidiosum by Serological and Molecular Assay-Based Methods

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Pythium insidiosum is a pathogen that causes disease in both animals and humans. Human infection is rare; however, when it does occur, most patients, especially those having underlying hemoglobinopathy syndromes, such as thalassemia, exhibit a severe form. We identified four isolates of P. insidiosum. Two were recovered from tissue biopsy specimens from thalassemic and leukemic patients, one was derived from...

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