Sporotrichosis following a rodent bite. A case report.

abstract：:The indoor clade of Penicillium chrysogenum, the so-called Fleming clade, is the most common species of Penicillium on moldy building materials. In a previous study, we identified a 52 kDa human antigen characteristic of the indoor clade of P. chrysogenum not present in a taxonomically diverse selection of fungi. Furt...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Luo W,Wilson AM,Miller JD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 57 samples of feedstuffs commonly used for animal nutrition in Colombia (corn, soybean, sorghum, cottonseed meal, sunflower seed meal, wheat middlings and rice) were analyzed for Fusarium contamination. Fusarium fungi were identified at species level by means of conventional methods and the ability to produ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Acuña A,Lozano MC,García MC,Diaz GJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichosporon species are opportunistic pathogens associated with a high mortality rate in immunocompromised patients. Disseminated trichosporonosis is uncommon but reports are increasing. In this study, using 16 stock clinical isolates of suspected Trichosporon species and 4 known Trichosporon strains, we investigated...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Li HM,Du HT,Liu W,Wan Z,Li RY

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii is the etiological agent of African histoplasmosis, an important deep mycosis in West Africa. Not much is known about the physiological properties of this fungus. This communication reports on the extracellular proteolytic enzyme activity of this fungus. Five isolates of this fungu...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Muotoe-Okafor FA,Gugnani HC,Obidoa OO

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present paper is to improve the understanding of the incidence of Candidosis in human infections. 85 species of Candida isolated from deep-seated and superficial Candidosis were studied. Identification was attained using the key of N. van Uden & H. Buckley (22). ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： van Gelderen de Komaid A,Silva J

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intracellular beta-hemolysin capable of lysing human, sheep and cow erythrocytes but not cells from some other animals was isolated from the cell walls of the three developmental cell-forms of Nocardia asteroides and characterised. The spherical cell-forms contained the highest amounts of the hemolysin (100 h.u./mg...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Emeruwa AC

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic profiles of several yeastlike organisms were studied using 19 substrates included in the API ZYM system. The isolates evaluated were: 186 Candida albicans, 19 C. stellatoidea, 4 C. tropicalis, 2 C. parapsilosis, 2 C. pseudotropicalis, 1 C. guilliermondii, 3 C. krusei, 11 Torulopsis (Candida) glabrata, 1 ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Casal M,Linares MJ

更新日期：1983-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 169 strains of the Aspergillus reference cultures in the Aspergillus flavus group maintained in the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) were studied for their aflatoxin-producing abilities in rice, peanut and semisynthetic medium, utilizing high pressure liquid chromatography. Fifty-nine of the strains ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Wei DL,Jong SC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of the cytology of blastomycosis was undertaken. Sixty-one samples from 43 naturally infected dogs diagnosed ante-mortem by means of cytology were reviewed. Skin and lymph nodes rendered the highest number of positive samples with 17 out of 18 and 14 out of 17 respectively. Transtracheal washes c...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Garma-Aviña A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an insidious pulmonary disorder caused by hypersensitivity reactions mounted against Aspergillus fumigatus. Usually, complicating the course of patients with asthma and cystic fibrosis, the affliction has recently been described in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Agarwal R

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：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：:Three new Uruguayan paracoccidioidomycosis human cases are presented. Two of them correspond to the disseminated form with metastatic lesions at the oral mucosa; the remaining one, with important pulmonary bilateral lesions corresponds to the pure chronic pulmonary form of the disease which is recognized by the first ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Asconeguy FR,Bonasse J,Calegari LF,Conti Díaz IA

更新日期：1982-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of our previous findings that vaccination of mice with Candida albicans ribosomes protects them against experimental systemic candidiasis, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of this vaccination on the course of infection in immunized animals. Since the kidney is the major target in systemic ca...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Levy R,Segal E,Barr-Nea L

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 227 marine isolates of ubiquitous fungi were cultivated on different media and the secondary metabolite content of the extracts (ethyl acetate/chloroform/methanol 3:2:1) characterized by HPLC. The fungi were secured from animals, plants and sediments of Venezuelan waters (0-10 m) including mangroves and lag...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Christophersen C,Crescente O,Frisvad JC,Gram L,Nielsen J,Nielsen PH,Rahbaek L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder that is characterized by noncaseous epithelioid cell granulomas, which may affect almost any organ. Thoracic involvement is common and accounts for most of the morbidity and mortality associated with this disease. The diagnosis is based on exhaustive exclusion of differential diag...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Coelho MG,Severo CB,de Mattos Oliveira F,Hochhegger B,Severo LC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular immune response of 8 patients from the Brazilian Amazon region with chromoblastomycosis was analyzed. Primary immunological responses of patients were tested by contact sensitization to 2,4-dinitro-chlorobenzene (DNCB), or rejection of first set skin allografts. 2 of 8 patients were reactive to DNCB after...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Fuchs J,Pecher S

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and accurate method to quantify ochratoxin A (OTA) at ppt (pg/ml) levels in urine has been developed. The method uses commercial immunoaffinity columns for clean-up and reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detector for quantification of the toxin. Average recoveries of...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pascale M,Visconti A

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1 ) is a carcinogenic mycotoxin found in feeds and in airborne grain dusts. Aflatoxin B1 requires biotransformation to the AFB1-8,9 epoxide (AFBO) by a bioactivation system and subsequent covalent binding to DNA or proteins, to exert its carcinogenic potential. The lung contains cytochrome P450, prost...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Palanee T,Dutton MF,Chuturgoon AA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated two DNA fragments from Sporothrix schenckii. These fragments were nonspecifically amplified from the whole-cell DNA using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers originally designed in the gene encoding heat shock protein 70 of Mycobacterium leprae. Reverse transcription PCR demonstrated that the smal...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Sugita Y,Fukushima J,Murakami M,Takahashi I,Nakajima H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small ruminant production is a common agricultural activity worldwide. However, studies on the fungal microbiota of these animals are scarce. Therefore, this study aimed at isolating yeasts from goats and sheep and evaluating the antifungal susceptibility of the recovered Candida albicans. A total of 120 animals from ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Brilhante RS,Silva ST,Castelo-Branco DS,Teixeira CE,Borges LC,Bittencourt PV,de Oliveira JS,Monteiro AJ,Bandeira TJ,Cordeiro RA,Moreira JL,Sidrim JJ,Rocha MF

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Invasive fungal disease (IFD) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. METHODS:Examination of 1,3-β-D-glucan (BDG) for IFD and as outcome parameter in immunocompromised critically ill patients with septic shock. RESULTS:Thirty-two (69 %) out of 46 included patien...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lahmer T,Held J,Rasch S,Schnappauf C,Beitz A,Schmid RM,Huber W

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study among amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, itraconazole and fluconazole in the treatment of experimental cryptococcosis in mice, was carried out. Seventy male Balb C mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with 10(7) cells of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans. They were divided in 7 groups of 10 ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bava AJ,Iovannitti C,Negroni R

更新日期：1989-11-01 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

abstract：:The aim of this study was to select virulent strains of microfungi against Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, a symbiotic fungus cultivated by leaf-cutting ants. The results from in vitro assays showed that microfungal strains had a variable and significant impact on the colony development of L. gongylophorus. Specifically,...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Silva A,Rodrigues A,Bacci M Jr,Pagnocca FC,Bueno OC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of new fungal pathogens is increasing due to growing population of immunocompromised patients and advanced identification techniques. Fereydounia khargensis is a yeast and was first described in 2014 from environmental samples. As far as we know, this is the first report of human infections associated with ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Tap RM,Ramli NY,Sabaratnam P,Hashim R,Bakri AR,Bee LB,Ginsapu SJ,Ahmad R,Razak MF,Ahmad N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to improve the isolation and identification of yeasts in a cancer research hospital, a protocol was developed utilizing an improved blood culture methodology and a four-test schema for rapid yeast identification. The blood culturing technique, based upon centrifugation, has shown a ten-fold increase in isolat...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Land GA,Dorn GL,Fleming WH 3rd,Beadles TA,Foxworth JH

更新日期：1978-12-18 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：:Fusarium spp. are recognized as the second most frequently filamentous fungi causing opportunistic infections and particularly important due to the increasing number of immunocompromised patients. F. keratoplasticum (a member of F. solani species complex) is one of the Fusarium species commonly associated with human i...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Chiewchanvit S,Chongkae S,Mahanupab P,Nosanchuk JD,Pornsuwan S,Vanittanakom N,Youngchim S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00