Partial suppression of cell mediated immunity in chromoblastomycosis.

abstract：:Hylastes ater and Hylurgus ligniperda are introduced pests of re-established Pinus radiata in New Zealand. Both species breed under the bark of stumps in recently harvested areas. Adult maturation feeding on pine seedlings planted in adjacent areas can significantly impact seedling growth, and in severe cases seedling...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Brownbridge M,Reay SD,Cummings NJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida yeasts are saprophytes naturally present in the environment and forming colonies on human mucous membranes and skin. They are opportunistic fungi that cause severe and even fatal infections in immunocompromised individuals. Several essential oils, including eucalyptus, pine, cinnamon and lemon, have been shown...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Białoń M,Krzyśko-Łupicka T,Koszałkowska M,Wieczorek PP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantify the thigmotropism, we adapted the our previous method using a chemotaxifilter system in combination with a bioluminescent adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay based on firefly luciferase-luciferin system and analyzed the relationship between the ability of germ tube formation and thigmotropism of C. albicans...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nikawa H,Nishimura H,Hamada T,Sadamori S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the terbinafine (TRF) resistance mechanism in a TRF-resistant strain of Microsporum canis, the expression of the pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR1), multidrug resistance (MDR1), MDR2 and MDR4 genes were investigated by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis, given the known interaction of the corresp...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kano R,Hsiao YH,Han HS,Chen C,Hasegawa A,Kamata H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi of the genus Alternaria are ubiquitous indoor and outdoor airborne agents, and individuals are daily exposed to their spores. Although its importance in human infections and, particularly in respiratory allergies, there are no studies of how Alternaria spp. spores interact with host cells. Our aim was to study t...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Almeida MC,Antunes D,Silva BMA,Rodrigues L,Mota M,Borges O,Fernandes C,Gonçalves T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred and forty-eight Vencob broiler chickens were fed diets containing Penicillium griseofulvum rice culture material with 0, 12.5, 25 and 50 ppm of the mycotoxin cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) for 28 days. Serum samples were collected from 9 birds in each group at weekly intervals to study the effect of sublethal ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Balachandran C,Parthasarathy KR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoproteins were isolated by ethanol precipitation, Con A-sepharose 4B and DEAE-sephadex A-50 chromatography from culture filtrates of Sporothrix schenckii ATCC 10268 at incubation periods of 2, 7, and 14 days, and their chemical and immunological properties investigated. Sugar composition of the isolated glycoprote...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Takata M,Ishizaki H

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans were previously described as being highly divergent in their level of capsule synthesis in vivo and in their virulence for mice. The highly virulent isolate (NU-2) produced more capsule than a weakly virulent isolate (184A) in vitro under tissue culture conditions and in vivo. T...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Blackstock R,Buchanan KL,Cherniak R,Mitchell TG,Wong B,Bartiss A,Jackson L,Murphy JW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pistachio nut samples taken during various stages of development from orchards in Iran, showed that contamination with fungi occurred mainly during the later stages of nut development. Members of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium occurred most frequently. Of the Aspergilli, the species A. niger, A. flavus and A. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mojtahedi H,Rabie CJ,Lübben A,Steyn M,Danesh D

更新日期：1979-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation frequency of Ophiosphaerella korrae (spring dead spot pathogen) from Cynodon dactylon (bermudagrass) roots at a golf course near West Point, Mississippi, was monitored over a 3-year investigation. Laboratory and greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine optimal temperatures for the growth of selecte...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Perry DH,Tomaso-Peterson M,Baird R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a period of 13 years, 4,100 specimens were cultured for fungi. Pityriasis versicolor (Malassezia furfur) was demonstrated in 17.6%, dermatophytosis in 34.6% and candidiasis in 10.8%. The most frequently isolated strains were M. canis (31.5%), T. rubrum (26.3%), E. floccosum (19.7%), T. mentagrophytes (19.3%) for ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Di Silverio A,Mosca M,Gatti M,Brandozzi G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast strain isolated from feather waste from a chicken processing plant was identified as Candida parapsilosis by biochemical tests and morphological studies. The yeast was able to grow in phosphate-buffered saline supplemented with 1% native feather as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. A keratin substrate was o...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vermelho AB,Mazotto AM,de Melo AC,Vieira FH,Duarte TR,Macrae A,Nishikawa MM,da Silva Bon EP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) stem canker caused by Diaporthe helianthi is one of the most important sunflower diseases in Croatia. Until recently, sunflower was the only known host for D. helianthi. In our research carried out in the area of Eastern Croatia, isolates of Diaporthe/Phomospis were collected from Xanthiu...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vrandecic K,Jurkovic D,Riccioni L,Cosic J,Duvnjak T

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytes are among the most successful fungal pathogens in humans, but their virulence mechanisms have not yet been fully characterized. Dermatophytic fungi secrete proteases in vivo, which are responsible for fungal colonization and degradation of the keratinized tissue during infection. In the present study, we...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kaplan E,Gonca S,Kandemir H,Döğen A,Hilmioğlu-Polat S,Ilkit M,Tanaka R,Yaguchi T,Uhrlaβ S,Nenoff P

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In earlier studies, biological control of Fusarium wilt of cucumber induced by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum was demonstrated using nonpathogenic strains C5 and C14 of Fusarium oxysporum. Strain C14 induced resistance and competed for infection sites whether roots were wounded or intact, whereas strain C5 requ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mandeel QA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of four mycotoxins, T-2 toxin, deoxynivalenol (DON), ochratoxin A (OTA) and fumonisin B1 (FB1) on the response of bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) in vitro to the mitogens concanavalin A (Con A), phytohaemagglutinin A (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) were assayed after 4 days' incubation usi...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Charoenpornsook K,Fitzpatrick JL,Smith JE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 30 bats belonging to four species, only one species, Brachyplylla cavernarum, yielded positive for Histoplasma capsulatum. Bats were collected at the Aguas Buenas Caves in Puerto Rico. The other species are: Artibeus jamaicensis, Monophyllus redmani portoricensis, and Erophylla bibombifrons; these resulted negative...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Carmajal Zamora JR

更新日期：1977-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 62-year-old man with Candida krusei peritonitis secondary to duodenal perforation due to Candida duodenitis that was successfully treated with a 14-day course of caspofungin is reported. The potential role of Candida infection in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcers and duodenal perforation is considered. If ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Cascio A,Bartolotta M,Venneri A,Musolino C,Iaria C,Delfino D,Navarra G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique of epicutaneous inoculation of guinea-pigs making use of a polyethylene chamber stuck to the animal's skin with the Duracryl resin is described. In this way, inoculation with a defined number of fungal elements is made possible. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Weigl E

更新日期：1976-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and C. gattii were repeatedly isolated from decaying wood of trunk hollows in living trees growing in Jabalpur City in Central India. The isolation of C. gattii has been reported from decayed wood inside trunk hollow of Tamarindus indica (15.6%), Mangifera indica (2.2%), Pithecolobi...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Grover N,Nawange SR,Naidu J,Singh SM,Sharma A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one strains of Fusarium verticillioides and F. proliferatum isolated from corn collected from four different geographic areas in Iran, namely Fars, Khuzestan, Kermanshah and Mazandaran (an endemic oesophageal cancer (OC) area) were evaluated for their ability to produce fumonisins B1 (FB1), B2 (FB2) and B3 (FB3)...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ghiasian SA,Rezayat SM,Kord-Bacheh P,Maghsood AH,Yazdanpanah H,Shephard GS,van der Westhuizen L,Vismer HF,Marasas WF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium apiospermum is an ubiquitous fungus responsible for various infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. Ear infections are infrequent. We report an exceptional case of S. apiospermum external otitis complicated by temporomandibular joint arthritis. After 6 months of antibiotherapy, diagn...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Huguenin A,Noel V,Rogez A,Chemla C,Villena I,Toubas D

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bursitis due to Prototheca wickerhamii is briefly reported. In histological sections the organism stained well with fungal stains, grey with silver methanamine and red with periodic acid Schiff reagent. This unicellular achlorophyllous alga was studied on common laboratory media. The characterization of the ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kapica L

更新日期：1981-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Broadly, there are three main categories in pulmonary aspergillosis: chronic forms of aspergillosis; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; and invasive aspergillosis (IPA). IPA has been further subdivided into angioinvasive and airway-invasive aspergillosis. Aspergillus overlap syndromes is defined as the...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Li L,Jiang Z,Shao C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudallescheria boydii is a fungal organism known to affect immunocompromised patients. This organism is known to cause, in severe cases, invasive infection of various organs such as the central nervous, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems. We report an unusual case of pulmonary P. boydii pneumonia in an immunoco...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lahmer T,Messer M,Ehmer U,Eser S,Beitz A,Fekecs L,Schmid RM,Huber W

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six trichothecene mycotoxins produced by Fusarium sporotrichioides (MC-72083) and Fusarium sambucinum were screened for relative cytotoxicity in cultured baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) cells. The relative cytotoxicity was measured as LC100. The most cytotoxic trichothecenes were T-2 toxin (5 ng/ml) and the recent...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Senter LH,Sanson DR,Corley DG,Tempesta MS,Rottinghaus AA,Rottinghaus GE

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to ascertain whether cell-mediated immunity (CMI) is induced in animals by vaccination with Candida albicans ribosomes. Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) was detected in vivo in ribosome-vaccinated mice and guinea pigs by the footpad swelling and skin tests, respectively. The observe...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Levy R,Segal E,Eylan E,Barr-Nea L

更新日期：1983-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Malassezia spp. yeasts was investigated in dermatological specimens of 224 dogs, 164 dermatologically diseased and 60 normal dogs. Subjects included in the study were of different breed, age, sex and habitat. Malassezia spp. positive cultures were obtained in 142 (63.4%) specimens: 67.6% from dermatolo...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nardoni S,Mancianti F,Corazza M,Rum A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The habit of cigarette smoking is associated with higher oral candidal carriage and possible predisposition to oral candidosis. The effects of exposure to smoke on the virulence properties of oral yeasts remain obscure. Hence, we showed in vitro the effect of cigarette smoke condensate (CSC) on ten clinical isolates o...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Baboni FB,Barp D,Izidoro AC,Samaranayake LP,Rosa EA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low molecular weight fraction from chitinase digested cell walls of T. mentagrophytes containing both polysaccharide and peptide moieties was found to have immunological reactivity at both the cellular and humoral level. This fraction (UM2(a)) was further degraded by treatment with either a combination of pronase an...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Al-Rammahy AK,Levy JG,Kelly B

更新日期：1979-02-28 00:00:00