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Niblock DJ, Winkler AR, Curtin CE, Kokinda JF, Danker WA, Llorente Fernandez I, Smith AR, Ali A, Cruz GG, Givvines LC, Lee-Soety JY. Isolating and characterizing cluster AB Mycobacteriophage NoShow, which encodes lysis proteins shared with cluster H2 phages. Microbiol Resour Announc 2023; 12:e0064923. [PMID: 37747255 PMCID: PMC10586156 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00649-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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We present here Mycobacteriophage NoShow, isolated from a soil sample collected on the Maguire Campus of Saint Joseph's University in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. Even though NoShow's 52,825 bp genome is most similar to phages in cluster AB, its lysA and lysB genes are most similar to phages in cluster H2.
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- Danielle J. Niblock
- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Silveira ER, Resende MA, Mariano VS, Coura WA, Alkmim LD, Vianna LB, Starling CE, Cruz GG, Benício LHA, Paula AM, Gomes JA, Santos GD, Macedo MAM, Salum RE, Gontijo M, Rabello AL, Caligiorne RB. Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora (Xylohypha) bantiana in a renal transplant patient. Transpl Infect Dis 2003; 5:104-7. [PMID: 12974792 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2003.00020.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Infectious disease is the most significant cause of morbidity and mortality in allotransplantation because of heavy immunosuppression. Brain abscesses caused by melanized fungi have been found occasionally and are an example of this complication. In this paper, we describe a case in a 61-year-old black man, who received a cadaveric kidney transplantation in December 1993, followed by triple therapy with cyclosporine, azathioprine, and prednisone. The patient developed right hemiparesis at the beginning of April 1998. A computed tomography scan showed a mass in the left parieto-temporal region of the brain. The patient underwent surgery and a brown-colored encapsulated brain abscess was resected. Histology of the tissue revealed a large number of pigmented fungal hyphae. Culture in a Sabouraud dextrose medium with cyclohexamide and chloramphenicol at 25 degrees C resulted in the growth of dark-green colonies. The fungus identified was Cladophialophora bantiana, based on characteristic microscopic features and on growth at 40 degrees C. The abscess recurred in spite of treatment with fluconazole. The patient was submitted to a second brain surgical procedure and was treated with amphotericin B in addition to fluconazole. Ten days later the patient's blood cultures became positive for Escherichia coli. After 3 days the patient died due to septic shock.
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- E R Silveira
- Department of Nephrology, Hospital Vera Cruz, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Avenida Barbacena 653, 30190-130 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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