Caspofungin reduces the incidence of fungal contamination in cell culture.

abstract：:We describe the case of a patient with a T-lymphoblastic lymphoma whose disseminated mucormycosis was diagnosed with delay, and we address the diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making process and review the diagnostic workup of patients with potential IFD. The diagnosis was delayed despite a suggestive radiological ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Zimmerli S,Bialek R,Blau IW,Christe A,Lass-Flörl C,Presterl E

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four fungal isolates that were able to use vegetable tissues for multiplication in soil were isolated and identified as Pseudallescheria boydii based on morphological characteristics and ITS sequence similarity. When grown in broth prepared from the same vegetable tissues used in soil amendment, all these isolates of ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ko WH,Tsou YJ,Ju YM,Hsieh HM,Ann PJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced by Fusarium moniliforme, F. proliferatum, and related Fusarium species found on corn. They occur naturally in corn-based feeds and foods and are suspected human esophageal carcinogens. Fumonisin B1 (FB1), the most common homologue, causes the animal diseases associated with F. monili...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Voss KA,Plattner RD,Riley RT,Meredith FI,Norred WP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformation of sterigmatocystin and O-methylsterigmatocystin (two metabolic aflatoxin precursors) to aflatoxins by aflatoxigenic and nonaflatoxigenic field isolates of Aspergillus flavus was studied. The 24 nonaflatoxigenic isolates investigated failed to transform both precursors. Among the 8 aflatoxin-producing i...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pro MJ,Moreno MA,Suárez G

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise of Candida spp. resistant to classic triazole antifungal agents has led to a search for new therapeutic options. Here, we evaluated combinations of antifungals in a checkerboard assay against two groups of Candida glabrata strains: one containing fluconazole-susceptible clinical isolates (FS) and another cont...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Alves IA,Bandeira LA,Mario DA,Denardi LB,Neves LV,Santurio JM,Alves SH

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Characterization of 62 isolates belonging to the genus Nocardia and related bacteria was obtained by using the API ZYM system. The difference in enzymatic profile should allow a relatively efficient, low-cost means to identify aerobic actinomycetes of clinical significance. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Boiron P,Provost F

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a preliminary study, 256 feed samples collected from different parts of Northern India were examined for the presence of aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus favus/parasiticus and for detection of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). Out of 198 A. flavus and 15 A. parasiticus strains isolated, 76% and 86% respectively, were found ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Dutta TK,Das P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of mycetoma caused by the black fungus Madurella grisea in northern Brazil is reported. The lesion was located on the patient's right foot without bone involvement. Clinical samples were collected by opening the fistules with a scalp and the grains removed for microbiological and histopathological analyses. Alt...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vilela R,Duarte OM,Rosa CA,Castro JG,Lyon S,Motta RL,Moura AC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodotorula species are increasingly being identified as a cause of fungal infection in the central nervous system, especially in patients with compromised immunity. The diagnosis could easily be missed due to low index of suspicion, as cryptococcus meningitis and cerebral toxoplasmosis are more common amongst immunoc...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mohd Nor F,Tan LH,Na SL,Ng KP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identity and activity of an entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the Entomophthora muscae species complex and infecting Musca domestica in poultry houses from La Plata, Argentina, is reported. Entomophthora caused natural infections between September 2001 and September 2003. Primary conidia of this fungus were on ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lastra CC,Siri A,García JJ,Eilenberg J,Humber RA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of candidiasis in 125 symptomless, non-gravid women in Ile-Ife State Hospital, Ile-Ife, Oyo-State of Nigeria was determined by either microscopic observation or cultural methods. Among the three techniques investigated, the cultural method had the highest recovery rate with 60% of the cultures from 125 p...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Elegbe IA,Botu M

更新日期：1982-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumonisins have been reported to have diverse effects on animals, including immunosuppression in chickens and feeder calves; therefore, the effects of fumonisin B1 (FB1) on immune function in BALB/c mice was investigated. When administered i.p. with sheep red blood cells (SRBC), 5 to 100 micrograms of FB1 reduced the ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Martinova EA,Merrill AH Jr

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for using the entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium muscarium to control the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci has been established in the laboratory by other studies. Laboratory studies however frequently overestimate the level of control achieved by biological control agents in the glasshouse. Befor...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Cuthbertson AG,Walters KF

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Availability of molecular methods, gene sequencing, and phylogenetic species recognition have led to rare fungi being recognized as opportunistic pathogens. Fungal keratitis and onychomycosis are fairly common mycoses in the tropics, especially among outdoor workers and enthusiasts. The frequently isolated etiological...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Tupaki-Sreepurna A,Thanneru V,Natarajan S,Sharma S,Gopi A,Sundaram M,Kindo AJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to evaluate the epidemiology of nosocomial candidemia in a tertiary hospital in South Brazil and the in vitro antifungal susceptibility of isolates. Blood strains from 108 patients were identified by PCR-based method. Some 30.5 % of candidemia were caused by Candida tropicalis, 28.7 % were ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： da Costa VG,Quesada RM,Abe AT,Furlaneto-Maia L,Furlaneto MC

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nivalenol is a toxic trichothecene metabolite which is produced by a number of different Fusarium species. However, the nature of its immediate biosynthetic precursor is not known. Oxidation of 7-deoxynivalenol(3 alpha,4 beta,15-trihydroxy-12,13- epoxytrichothec-9-ene-8-one) to nivalenol occurred with reagents known t...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ehrlich KC

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:Two hundred strains of the Aspergillus flavus group isolated from groundnuts (peanuts) growing in Israel were examined for their ability to produce mycotoxins in potato dextrose (PD) broth. Almost 77% of the isolates produced aflatoxin; aflatoxins B1 and B2 were formed by most of the isolates. Simultaneous production ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lisker N,Michaeli R,Frank ZR

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases of oil palm caused by Ganoderma boninense are of major economic importance in much of South-East Asia. This paper describes results from an ongoing field trial concerning the spread of the pathogen from artificially inoculated trunks used to simulate spread from windrowed trunks. Three planting distances for ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Flood J,Keenan L,Wayne S,Hasan Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen of human mucosal surfaces. Colonization of oral and vaginal mucosa by this yeast is antagonized by the resident normal bacterial population. However, antibacterial therapy can alter the normal flora to allow fungal cells to attach, grow and invade host tissues. We studied ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Liss RH,Letourneau RJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoospores from the crayfish plague fungus Aphanomyces astaci could germinate and grow in vitro on scales of Salmo salar. The fungicidal activity of different compounds was tested against the fungus growing on fish scales as well as in lake water. Malachite green was the most effective fungicide, but scale mucus protec...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Häll L,Unestam T

更新日期：1980-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis is an important systemic mycotic infection with a wide geographic distribution. Its occurrence has been mostly studied in the US (6) and in Central America (6), but very little is known about its distribution in Africa, where a specific variant exists. Skin test surveys in the Democratic Republic of Som...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Maresca B,Ali AI,Kobayashi GS,Sacco M

更新日期：1987-05-01 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：:Until the present decade, no studies had been conducted in Puerto Rico on the saprophytic distribution and variety of Cryptococcus neoformans. Samples (522) of pigeon droppings from 14 western towns were tested for the presence of C. neoformans. The yeast was recovered from 24.7% (129 isolates) of the samples, represe...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ruiz A,Vélez D,Fromtling RA

更新日期：1989-06-01 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：:Maximum challenge exposure of Liposcelis bostrychophila to Beauveria bassiana, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, Aspergillus parasiticus or Metarhizium anisopliae resulted in no more than 16% mortality. We investigated several of L. bostrychophila's cuticular lipids for possible contributions to its tolerance for entomopatho...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lord JC,Howard RW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 450 Amazonian anurans, we isolated yeasts and yeast-like fungi from 54 animals (Bufo granulosus, B. marinus, Dendrophrynyscus sp., Hyla geographica, H. lanciformes, Ololygon rubra, Adenomera hylaedactyla, Eleutherodactylus fenestratus, Leptodactylus fuscus, L. ocellatus, L. pentadactylus). The internal o...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mok WY,Morato de Carvalho C

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ranunculaceous derivative protoanemonin (PrA) was studied as an antifungal agent on the dermatophyte Microsporum cookei. The ultrastructural changes that PrA brought about in this fungus were observed with both the transmission and scanning electron microscopes. The main anomalies noted were abnormally shaped hyph...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mares D

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00