The fungus-like microorganism Pythium insidiosum causes pythiosis, a life-threatening
infectious disease increasingly reported worldwide. Antimicrobial drugs are ineffective …

Oomycetes form a phylogenetically distinct group of eukaryotic microorganisms that include
some of the most notorious pathogens of plants and animals. Through the deployment of a …

Oomycetes were recently discovered as natural pathogens of Caenorhabditis elegans, and
pathogen recognition alone was shown to be sufficient to activate a protective transcriptional …

Neutrophils are innate immune cells that play crucial roles in response to extracellular
pathogens, including bacteria and fungi. Pythium insidiosum (P insidiosum) is a fungus-like …

Purpose Corneal infection in humans caused by Pythium insidiosum can lead to blindness
and the host ocular immune response to it is less studied. Herein, we investigate the …

Background Pythium insidiosum has been mainly reported to cause morbidity and mortality
in thalassemia patients. P. insidiosum zoospores can germinate to be hyphae within a few …

This study examined the effect of minocycline alone and in combination with immunotherapy
against pythiosis. Twenty rabbits, aged three months old and subcutaneously inoculated …

Pythium insidiosum is an oomycete that affects mammals, especially humans and horses,
causing a difficult-to-treat disease. Typically, surgical interventions associated with …

Pythiosis is an aggressive and life-threating infection caused by the oomycete Pythium
insidiosum. The disease occurs mainly in tropical and subtropical countries and affects …

Oomycetes were recently discovered as natural pathogens of Caenorhabditis elegans and
pathogen recognition alone was shown to be sufficient to activate a protective transcriptional …