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Lizarazo J, Patino R, Lizarazo D, Osorio G
Biomedica . 2020 Dec; 40(4):609-615. PMID: 33275340
Snake bites are a public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. They occur especially in rural workers and are an important source of disability and mortality....
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Firacative C, Carvajal S, Escandon P, Lizarazo J
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol . 2020 Nov; 2020:3713241. PMID: 33144899
Cryptococcosis, a life-threatening mycosis caused mainly by , appears to be distinctly rare in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. When it occurs, this fungal infection is a major limitation...
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Firacative C, Lizarazo J, Illnait-Zaragozi M, Castaneda E
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz . 2018 Apr; 113(7):e170554. PMID: 29641639
Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal infection caused by the encapsulated yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, acquired from the environment. In Latin America, as occurring worldwide, C. neoformans causes more...
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Escandon P, Lizarazo J, Agudelo C, Castaneda E
J Fungi (Basel) . 2018 Mar; 4(1). PMID: 29494502
The passive and voluntary surveillance of cryptococcosis in Colombia since 1997 has seen an increasing participating rate, revealing its importance to both in immunosuppressed and immunocompetent people. The present work...
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Parra B, Lizarazo J, Jimenez-Arango J, Zea-Vera A, Gonzalez-Manrique G, Vargas J, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2016 Oct; 375(16):1513-1523. PMID: 27705091
Background: Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been linked to the Guillain-Barré syndrome. From November 2015 through March 2016, clusters of cases of the Guillain-Barré syndrome were observed during the outbreak...
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Lizarazo J, Castellanos M, Omana C, Chain M, Villamizar S
Biomedica . 2016 Sep; 36(0):10-3. PMID: 27622799
We present the case of a previously healthy 44-years-old man with chickenpox, severe thrombocytopenia, mucosal hemorrhage, and intracerebral hemorrhage in the right hemisphere. The patient was treated with platelets and...
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Franco-Paredes C, Womack T, Bohlmeyer T, Sellers B, Hays A, Patel K, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis . 2014 Dec; 15(3):348-55. PMID: 25467646
Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. By inhalation and subsequent pulmonary infection, it may disseminate to the CNS and cause meningitis or meningoencephalitis. Most...
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Lizarazo J, Escandon P, Agudelo C, Firacative C, Meyer W, Castaneda E
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2014 Nov; 8(11):e3272. PMID: 25411779
Background: Cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii is endemic in various parts of the world, affecting mostly immunocompetent patients. A national surveillance study of cryptococcosis, including demographical, clinical and microbiological data,...
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Lizarazo J, Escandon P, Agudelo C, Castaneda E
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz . 2014 Oct; 109(6):797-804. PMID: 25317708
Cryptococcosis is reported in adults and is often acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated; however, its frequency in children is low. Based on the National Survey on Cryptococcosis conducted in Colombia,...
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Escandon P, De Bedout C, Lizarazo J, Agudelo C, Tobon A, Bello S, et al.
Biomedica . 2013 May; 32(3):386-98. PMID: 23715187
Introduction: A survey on cryptococcosis is being conducted regularly in Colombia since 1997. We present hereby the results corresponding to patients diagnosed from 2006 to 2010. Objective: To analyze the...