Fungispecificity of fluconazole against Candida albicans.

abstract：:We present the case of an 18-year-old male patient admitted with complaints of fever and rapid weight loss since 3 months. Patient had multiple umbilicated papular to nodular lesions over chin and forehead region. Complete blood count revealed bicytopenia. An excisional biopsy of the skin lesions had revealed cutaneou...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bharti P,Bala K,Gupta N

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：: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：: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：:A survey was carried out in Reunion island to obtain data on the occurrence of fungi, aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus, aflatoxins, total aerobic bacteria and salmonellae of 150 samples of mixed poultry feeds and raw materials. These were collected at five farms over a 3-month period during the warm rainy s...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bauduret P

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,303 sera from 202 patients at risk for disseminated candidiasis were analyzed for the presence of Candida antigen using a commercially available latex agglutination test (Cand-Tec). Twenty-three patients had disseminated candidiasis documented by positive blood cultures, deep biopsy culture and histopatho...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Sanchez ML,Pfaller MA,Cabezudo I,Bale M,Buschelman B

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Sediments from eight river mouths along the Catalonian coast (Spain) were surveyed for keratinolytic fungi and related Onygenales. The actidione plating technique was employed. Of 532 actidione-treated sediment samples, 268 (50.3%) were positive for the fungi. Altogether, 384 fungal strains from 35 species were isolat...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ulfig K,Guarro J,Cano J,Gené J,Vidal P,Figueras MJ,Lukasik W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diaporthe helianthi is the causal agent of sunflower stem canker, a serious pathogen of sunflower in Europe but recorded sporadically in Italy. The genetic diversity of D. helianthi isolates from different geographic origins (Argentina, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Romania) was investigated using IGS sequences. A 400 bp...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pecchia S,Mercatelli E,Vannacci G

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with eosinophilic mucin is considered rare in Korea. The object of this study was to categorize CRS patients with eosinophilic mucin into several groups and compared the groups based on their clinicopathological and radiological features. METHODS:In total, 105 CRS patients with ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Park SK,Park KW,Mo JH,Baek BJ,Shim WS,Jung HJ,Kim YM,Rha KS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old female-spayed, domestic short-haired cat was presented to her veterinarian with a mass on the hind paw. Histopathologic examination of a tissue biopsy revealed nodular pyogranulomatous panniculitis with intralesional pigmented fungal hyphae. A dematiaceous fungal isolate was isolated with a micromorpholog...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Overy DP,Martin C,Muckle A,Lund L,Wood J,Hanna P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorhexidine is widely used as a bacterial drug whose method of action has been well described in bacteria. Its fungicidal properties have been proved. We show here the effects of a sublethal dose of a preparation of digluconate of chlorhexidine on budding Candida albicans. A fungistatic action is revealed by a decre...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bobichon H,Bouchet P

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of Rhinosporidium seeberi have demonstrated that this organism has a complex life cycle in infected tissues. Its in vivo life cycle is initiated with the release of endospores into a host's tissues from its spherical sporangia. However, little is known about the mechanisms of sporangium formation and endospore...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mendoza L,Herr RA,Arseculeratne SN,Ajello L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of the fungal phytotoxin dothistromin (l) to microorganisms, its lysis of human red blood corpuscles and beetroot tissue, and its unexpectedly selective inhibition of radicle elongation for Trigonella foenum-graecum were strongly light-dependent. Dothistromin was also toxic to Artemia salina but without r...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Stoessl A,Abramowski Z,Lester HH,Rock GL,Towers GH

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis can be difficult to diagnose, and early recognition and initiation of therapy is imperative for improving patient outcomes. A case of invasive Aspergillus laryngotracheobronchitis is presented here with a review of the relevant literature. A 58-year-old male undergoing treatment for CNS lymphoma...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Barry ME,Thomas WW,Song B,Mirza N

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The causes of seborrheic dermatitis (SD) are complex and incompletely understood. Among the factors, Malassezia yeasts have been reported to play a major etiological role in SD. Many previous studies adopted conventional culture methods that were disadvantaged to detect Malassezia microflora in SD patients, ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Zhang H,Ran Y,Xie Z,Zhang R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal infection is a severe problem in children suffering from cancer. We report a case of a four-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and multiple Aspergillus niger abscesses at the induction phase of the treatment. She was treated with granulocyte transfusions, liposomal amphotericin B ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Patiroglu T,Unal E,Karakukcu M,Ozdemir MA,Tucer B,Yikilmaz A,Deniz K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 40-year-old Caucasian woman who came under our observation with a 7-year history of a chronic erythematous scaly dermatitis, diagnosed as psoriasis, involving gluteal area and thighs, and treated with topical steroids without benefit. During pregnancy, a progressive worsening of her condition and...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mapelli ET,Borghi E,Cerri A,Sciota R,Morace G,Menni S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of molecular tools has led to the description of new cryptic species among different Aspergillus species complexes. Their frequency in the clinical setting has been reported to be between 10 and 15%. The susceptibility to azoles and amphotericin B of many of these species is low, and some of them, such as Aspe...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Alastruey-Izquierdo A,Alcazar-Fuoli L,Cuenca-Estrella M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of Diaporthe helianthi isolates collected in different geographic areas was studied in order to examine whether different genetic biotypes could be responsible for epidemiological differences shown by sunflower stem canker. D. helianthi causes serious losses in France and in former Yugoslavia, while the pathogen...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vergara M,Cristani C,Regis C,Vannacci G

更新日期：2004-07-01 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 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：:A new fumonisin has been isolated from Fusarium moniliforme isolate MRC826 grown on corn. It was shown by NMR and mass spectrometry to be an isomer of fumonisin B2 that has free hydroxyl groups at C-3 and C-10 instead of the normal C-3 and C-5. This new fumonisin was detected in cultures of most isolates of F. monilif...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Plattner RD,Weisleder D,Shackelford DD,Peterson RP,Powell RG

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural infection of Aspergillus flavus was observed in adults of Blattella germanica. Though the adult insects exhibited no external symptoms, they became hypoactive and later died. The dead and experimentally infected insects repeatedly yielded Aspergillus flavus in culture on Czapek's medium. Direct microscopic obs...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kulshrestha V,Pathak SC

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Using four different assat procedures we found a 50 to 86% decrease in viability of Cryptococcus neoformans over a one year period after two towers in the Oklahoma City area were modified to exclude pigeons and weather elements, especially rain. In homogeneous pigeon dropping samples a sharp decrease in viability occu...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ruiz A,Neilson JB,Bulmer GS

更新日期：1982-02-19 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