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ReviewPLoS neglected tropical diseases2023

A taxonomic review of the genus Paracoccidioides, with focus on the uncultivable species.

Raquel Vilela, Sybren de Hoog, Konstanze Bensch, Eduardo Bagagli, Leonel Mendoza

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Review in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Raquel VilelaFaculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Sybren de HoogCenter of Expertise in Mycology of RadboudUMC/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Konstanze BenschWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Eduardo BagagliUniversidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Leonel MendozaMicrobiology and Molecular Genetics, Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7769-2151
Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis · NLMichigan United · USUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paracoccidioides species have always been surrounded by taxonomic uncertainties. The continuing nomenclatoral muddle was caused in part by the failure of Adolfo Lutz and Jorge Lôbo to name the etiologic agents of human paracoccidioidomycosis and Jorge Lôbo's diseases, respectively. Early in their history, it was postulated that the cultivable species causing systemic infections belonged in the genus Paracoccidioides, whereas the uncultivable species, causing skin disease, were not part of the genus. The taxonomy of these pathogens was further complicated when a similar skin disease with numerous yeast-like cells in infected dolphins was also reported. Due to its phenotypic similarities with that described by Jorge Lôbo in human and its uncultivable nature, it was assumed that the disease in dolphins was caused by the same fungus. Recent molecular and population genetic analysis, however, found the DNA extracted from the uncultivable yeast-like cells affecting dolphins shared common phylogenetic traits with cultivable Paracoccidioides species. The study revealed that the uncultivable pathogens comprised 2 different Paracoccidioides species, now known as P. ceti and P. loboi, correspondingly. To validate P. loboi binomial, a comprehensive historical critical review of Jorge Lôbo etiology was performed. This review showed the proposed binomial P. loboi was previously used, and, thus, a replacement name is introduced, Paracoccidioides lobogeorgii nom. nov. In addition, in this review, several cultivable human Paracoccidioides species are validated, and the generic type species, P. brasiliensis, is neotypified as the original material could not be traced.

Indexed as

DolphinsParacoccidioidesParacoccidioidomycosisAnimalsHumansPhylogenySaccharomyces cerevisiae

Identifiers

PMID37104274
PMCPMC10138850
OpenAlexW4367175163

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