Microreview of Pityriasis versicolor and Malassezia species.

abstract：:Hendersonula toruloidea (HT) is a dematiaceous fungus that is an endemic human pathogen in tropical and subtropical countries. Infection with this fungus is often clinically indistinguishable from Trichophyton rubrum or other dermatophytoses. However, because HT will not grow on standard cycloheximide containing funga...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Frankel DH,Rippon JW

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous lesions which can lead to false positive results have been observed in several rabbits used for the determination of the cutaneous irritation capacity of a product (ITA, PII). The responsible agent was Microsporum canis. A preventive treatment by an antifungal agent did not modify toxicological experimental ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Dutertre-Catella H,de Bievre C,Nguyen VH

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saksenaea vasiformis is one of the numerous fungi of the Order Mucorales. Rapid progression and invasion of neighboring tissues are the most characteristic features of S. vasiformis mucormycosis. AIM:The objective of this review is the management of this type of infections. METHODS:Case report and literatu...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Gkegkes ID,Kotrogiannis I,Konstantara F,Karetsou A,Tsiplakou S,Fotiou E,Stamopoulou S,Papazacharias C,Paraskevopoulos IA

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptostegia madagascariensis is a plant native from Madagascar, belonging to the Apocynaceae that is invading the native vegetation in Northeast Brazil and threatening the unique riverine formations dominated by the carnauba palm. Individuals of C. madagascariensis cultivated in the campus of the Universidade Federal...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： da Silva JL,Barreto RW,Pereira OL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fine structure of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris and Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula is described by transmission electron microscopy. These two bacteria are the most common microbes causing farmer's lung. The fine structure of hyphae, germination of endospores and the details of conidial wall layers of T. vulgaris, as...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Reijula KE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of temperature, pH, water potential and sources of nitrogen and carbon on the biocontrol agent Penicillium oxalicum were studied in vitro. The fungus is xerotolerant, mesophillic and has a wide pH tolerance. The parameters evaluated (germination, germ tube length, growth rate and sporulation) showed differe...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pascual S,Rico JR,De Cal A,Melgarejo P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial activities of seven Epicoccum purpurascens strains isolated either from evergreen oak leaves (Quercus ilex) collected over a period of one year, or from the atmosphere were compared in vitro. Two strains sporulated and conspicuously inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Trichophyton menta...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mallea M,Pesando D,Bernard P,Khoulalene B

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to detect antibodies against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in dogs seropositive and seronegative for leishmaniasis. Sera from 836 dogs (449 positive and 387 negative to leishmaniasis) were analysed by ELISA and the immunodiffusion test using gp43 and exoantigen, respectively. The analysis of ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Silveira LH,Domingos IH,Kouchi K,Itano EN,Silva EA,Landgraf VO,Werneck SM,Camargo ZP,Ono MA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colletotrichum species are known as important pathogens of plants with an impact on crop production. Some of these species are also known as a cause of rare ophthalmic infections in humans. A case of keratitis caused by Colletotrichum dematium after corneal trauma in a 56-year-old woman is presented. Infection was dia...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Buchta V,Nekolová J,Jirásková N,Bolehovská R,Wipler J,Hubka V

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of the biocontrol fungus Epicoccum nigrum was more sensitive to ionic solute water stress (NaCl) than non-ionic (glycerol) on potato dextrose-based media at -0.5, -3.0 and -5.5 MPa water potentials. Subsequent physiological manipulation of growth of E. nigrum in glycerol-modified media to -3.0 MPa water potenti...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pascual S,Melgarejo P,Magan N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterium Enterobacter cloacae is presently used for biocontrol of postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables and as a preplant seed treatment for suppression of damping-off. This bacterium has apparent affinities for several grass species, but it is not considered to be an endophyte. While screening corn for f...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Hinton DM,Bacon CW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ecological study was carried out on the fungal flora in the human lung of 159 autopsy cases. Fungi were isolated from 129 cases (81.1%). Filamentous fungi consisting of 918 strains were isolated from 113 cases, and the dominant genera were Aspergillus and Penicillium. Yeasts were isolated from 58 cases, and the dom...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Okudaira M,Kurata H,Sakabe F

更新日期：1977-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a comparative study to isolate the dermatophytes of tinea capitis using the cytobrush and comparing it versus the standard method. A prospective, observational, comparative trial of 178 probable cases of tinea capitis was conducted in two dermatological centers. Each patient underwent mycological tests that in...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bonifaz A,Isa-Isa R,Araiza J,Cruz C,Hernández MA,Ponce RM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures of the lysogenic strain of Bacillus thuringiensis var. tolworthi were made in the presence of various drugs. The determination of bacterial size and plaque forming units (by using an indicator strain of B. thuringiensis var. galleriae) as well as colony forming units were then performed. Treatment of lysogeni...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Auffray Y,Boutibonnes P

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichosporon species cause wide varieties of fungal infections. White piedra, a superficial fungal infection on the hair shaft, is caused by Trichosporon species. We report here a case of white piedra over the scalp due to T. inkin, a rarely isolated pathogen from such a lesion. The identification of the fungus was co...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Shivaprakash MR,Singh G,Gupta P,Dhaliwal M,Kanwar AJ,Chakrabarti A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of intraperitoneal paracoccidioidomycosis was studied in groups of female and male rats: a) Under normal conditions (intacts), b) After castration and c) After castration but submitted to a treatment with, respectively, testosterone and estradiol. The criterion of susceptibility to infection was based ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kerr IB,Schaeffer GV,Miranda DS

更新日期：1984-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied a flow cytometry apparatus (FCM) to differentiating Exophiala dermatitidis, E. moniliae and E. jeanselmei from each other. The wavelength of the argon laser emitted from the FCM was 488 nm and the aperture of nozzle from which the stream of fluid containing single cells was blown out was 100 micron. By irra...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Taguchi H,Tanaka R,Nishimura K,Miyaji M

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basis for resistance of yeast form of Histoplasma capsulatum to antifungal activity of human neutrophils was studied. In limiting dilution assays and short term coculture assays human neutrophils were ineffective in killing H. capsulatum whereas Candida albicans was readily killed. By contrast, in a cell free hydr...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kurita N,Terao K,Brummer E,Ito E,Nishimura K,Miyaji M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most common kind of nosocomial infection. Recent years have seen a significant increase in numbers of infections caused by yeasts of the genus Candida. The adherence of a microorganism to the host surface is a decisive factor in the success of colonization ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Tamura NK,Gasparetto A,Svidzinski TI

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protothecosis refers to disease of humans and animals caused by infection with fungus-like, colourless microalgae of the genus Prototheca. Although protothecosis remains an uncommon infection, increasing numbers of human and animal cases are being diagnosed worldwide. This review summarises major new findings in basic...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Masuda M,Jagielski T,Danesi P,Falcaro C,Bertola M,Krockenberger M,Malik R,Kano R

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic dermatophytosis was observed in 2276 (10.02%) of 22,692 patients with dermatophytosis during a period of 5.5 years. Males were affected at least 3 times more frequently than females. The age group most commonly affected was between 20 and 40 years of age. Females were affected more between the ages of 30 to 40...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Sentamilselvi G,Kamalam A,Ajithadas K,Janaki C,Thambiah AS

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:It has been over a decade since Cryptococcus gattii was first recognized as the causative organism of an outbreak of cryptococcosis on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. A number of novel observations have been associated with the study of this emergent pathogen. A novel genotype of C. gattii, VGIIa was described as ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bartlett KH,Cheng PY,Duncan C,Galanis E,Hoang L,Kidd S,Lee MK,Lester S,MacDougall L,Mak S,Morshed M,Taylor M,Kronstad J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cutaneous protothecosis due to Prototheca wickerhamii in an immunocompetent man presented with a specific eczema-like lesions. Dermatological examination revealed erythematous plaques, dark red papules with some coalescence, and a few superficial ulcerations, covered with less scales on his right s...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Zhang Q,Li L,Yuli K,Zhao Y,Zhu J,Zhu M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the antifungal susceptibility profiles of 207 independent Candida albicans strains isolated from patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) in Xinjiang Province of China. Using CLSI M27-A3 and M27-S4 guidelines, anidulafungin and micafungin were the most active drugs against C. albicans showing an MI...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Yan L,Wang XD,Seyedmousavi S,Yuan JN,Abulize P,Pan WH,Yu N,Yang YL,Hu HQ,Liao WQ,Deng SW

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladosporium cladosporioides is a dematiaceous fungus with coloured mycelia and conidia due to the presence of dark pigments. The purpose of this study was to characterize the dark pigments synthetized by Cladosporium sp. LPSC no. 1088 and also to identify the putative polyketide synthase (pks) gene that might be invo...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Llorente C,Bárcena A,Vera Bahima J,Saparrat MC,Arambarri AM,Rozas MF,Mirífico MV,Balatti PA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight food-borne mycotoxins epidemiologically implicated in human disease were tested for their cytotoxic effects on human cells previously immortalised and transfected to introduce human cytochrome p450 (CYP 450) genes. Such cells retain many characteristics of normal cell growth and differentiation while simultaneou...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lewis CW,Smith JE,Anderson JG,Freshney RI

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ten year old boy developed lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis following a wild rodent bite. The infection was successfully treated with potassium iodide. Sporotrichosis in humans has followed bites, pecks and stings inflicted by a variety of animals, birds and insects. Many species of animals are susceptible to infectio...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Frean JA,Isaäcson M,Miller GB,Mistry BD,Heney C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus flavus K49 secreted at least two xylanase activities when grown on a medium containing larch (wood) xylan as a sole carbon source. Enzyme activity was assayed using an agar medium containing Remazol Brilliant Blue R conjugated oat spelt xylan as substrate. Crude enzyme preparations were inhibited by Hg(+2)...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mellon JE,Cotty PJ,Callicott KA,Abbas H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumonisin B1 (FB1), a mycotoxin produced by Fusarium moniliforme and F. proliferatum, induces liver damage and pulmonary edema in swine. We examined the temporal and dose-response features of FB1 toxicosis in male weanling crossbred pigs fed nutritionally balanced diets, containing corn screenings naturally contaminat...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Motelin GK,Haschek WM,Ness DK,Hall WF,Harlin KS,Schaeffer DJ,Beasley VR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00