Effects of Photodynamic Therapy on the Growth and Antifungal Susceptibility of Scedosporium and Lomentospora spp.

abstract：:Fungus strains designated as Fusarium sambucinum, F. torulosum, or Fusarium sp. nov. were crossed with MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 tester strains of Gibberella pulicaris. Of the 40 field strains that were crossed with the tester strains, 13 strains produced fertile crosses and 27 strains did not produce fertile crosses. One str...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Desjardins AE,Nelson PE

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:The parasitic form of Fonsecaea pedrosoi in the superficial hyperkeratotic layer of the skin, in a patient with chromoblastomycosis, was observed by a scanning electron microscope using some technical improvements. The fungus elements were comprised of branched septate hyphae with spherical cells and sclerotic cells. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Harada S,Kusunoki T

更新日期：1983-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four species and 2 varieties which belong to nineteen genera of fungi were identified from 40 peanut seed samples collected from different places in Egypt by using a dilution-plate method on glucose-Czapek's medium. The most frequent genera were Aspergillus (21 species & 2 varieties), Penicillium (16 species) an...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： el-Maghraby OM,el-Maraghy SS

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：:Although abdominal cryptococcomas and visceral cryptococcal lymphadenitis as part of disseminated fungal infection have been reported mostly in HIV-infected patients, localized intra-abdominal involvement due to Cryptococcus gattii has not been previously described in non-HIV-infected patients. In general, a smaller p...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Araújo BS,Bay M,Reichert R,Goldani LZ

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Mucormycosis is an acute necrotic fungal infection with a fulminant course. Earlier considered a rare entity, mucormycosis is being reported with increasing frequency in recent years, possibly due to the increase in immunocompromised population especially diabetic patients. We report three cases of rhinocerebral mucor...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Reddy SS,Rakesh N,Chauhan P,Sharma S

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：: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：:Research was carried out on the distribution of moulds on cereals in vegetation and in storerooms in the period from 1974 to 1981 and on ochratoxin (OA) in stored maize and wheat as well as residues of OA in the organs of swine in the nephropathic and non-nephropathic areas in the SR of Croatia, Yugoslavia. It was sho...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pepeljnjak S,Cvetnić Z

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conidia produced by the mycelial form of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis were examined by scanning electron microscopy for the first time. Several different conidial types were characterized. These included intercalary arthroconidia, several types of septate conidia that are formed from other conidia, pedunculate co...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Samsonoff WA,Salazar ME,McKee ML,Restrepo A,Cano LE,Edwards MR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three cassava lines were selected from breeding populations at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria and screened in vitro for resistance to cassava anthracnose disease (CAD). The in vitro inoculation of stem cuttings with the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f.sp. mani...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Fokunang CN,Dixon AG,Ikotun T,Asiedu R,Tembe EA,Akem CN

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspects of the fine structural characteristics of conidial and hyphal cells of the imperfect Chrysosporium state of the newly reported gymnoascaceous fungus, Renispora flavissima, are described and illustrated by electron micrographs of ultrathin sections. Preservation of the substructure of the thick-walled, smooth t...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Garrison RG,Mirikitani FK

更新日期：1983-01-17 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

abstract：:Complement receptor type 1 (CR1) is a membrane glycoprotein that acts as a receptor for the C3b, iC3b and C4b fragments of complement. In primates, one function of erythrocytes is to promote safe clearance of immunocomplexes (IC) from the circulation through CR1. Theoretically, in diseases characterized by high levels...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Teixeira JE,Martinez R,Câmara LM,Barbosa JE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucormycosis is an uncommon systemic mycosis affecting the immunocompromised individuals. It is usually caused by organisms of the genera Rhizopus and Mucor, although rarely other organisms have also been implicated. Mycoses due to these angioinvasive fungi have an acute onset, rapidly progressive course with high mor...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vinay K,Chandrasegaran A,Kanwar AJ,Saikia UN,Kaur H,Shivaprakash MR,Dogra S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently 11 Malassezia species were isolated. Attention has focused on the relationship between Malassezia species and Malassezia-related disease. The causal fungus of Pityriasis versicolor is M. globosa. The conditions of mycelial form induction are not clear for M. globosa. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Morishita N,Sei Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreak of exogenous Fusarium endophthalmitis after cataract surgery was evaluated. Twenty patients developed postoperative endophthalmitis. In 19 eyes, pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) was performed, in 14 cases (74 %) with primary intraocular lens explantation. In one case, the PPV was not performed because of poor gene...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Buchta V,Feuermannová A,Váša M,Bašková L,Kutová R,Kubátová A,Vejsová M

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：: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：:Recently, Trichosporon taxonomy has been reevaluated and new genera of the Trichosporonaceae family have been described. Here, 26 clinical isolates were submitted for identification via sequencing of the intergenic space 1 (IGS1) region, genotyping, and investigation of virulence factors. Antifungal susceptibility was...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： do Espírito Santo EPT,Monteiro RC,da Costa ARF,Marques-da-Silva SH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytes are a group of fungi that invade keratinized tissues such as the skin, hair and nails. The aim of this study was to investigate the existence of the potential causative agents of dermatophytosis in the mosque area in Tokat, Turkey. Thirty mosques were included in the study. A total of two hundred samples...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Yenişehirli G,Karat E,Bulut Y,Savcı U

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systematic human hair degradation by Trichophyton terrestre was examined by electron and light microscopy. The cuticular and hair shaft regions were readily decomposed by the wild type or parent strain selected for phenotype studies after exposure to spaceflight parameters. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Hsu YC,Volz PA

更新日期：1975-06-14 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：:Protothecal mastitis, caused mostly by Prototheca zopfii (P. zopfii), is increasing in dairy herds and is being reported globally. The present study was aimed at studying the epidemiology of mastitis and at molecular characterization of P. zopfii isolates from dairy herds and their surroundings in three provinces of C...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Shahid M,Ali T,Zhang L,Hou R,Zhang S,Ding L,Han D,Deng Z,Rahman A,Han B

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans strain B 311-10 with and without starvation was cultivated in the minimal synthetic medium of Shepherd et al., modified without biotin, amino acids, low glucose concentration and with decreasing amounts of (NH4)2SO4, to determine the optimal growth requirement for this strain. All the experiments were...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vidotto V,Ochoa LG,Cortes JM,Bruatto M

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:Coccidioidomycosis is a common infection in the desert southwestern USA; approximately 3 % of healthy persons in Arizona alone become infected annually. Coccidioidomycosis may be severe in immunocompromised persons, but experience among patients with solid organ cancer has not been fully described. Therefore, we aimed...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Fitterer C,Berg Z,Halfdanarson TR,Vikram HR,Kusne S,Orenstein R,Seville MT,Blair JE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi of the genus Candida are important etiological agents of superficial and life-threatening infections in individuals with a compromised immune system. One of the main characteristics of Candida is its ability to form highly drug tolerance biofilms in the human host. Biofilms are a dynamic community of multiple ce...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： de Barros PP,Rossoni RD,de Souza CM,Scorzoni L,Fenley JC,Junqueira JC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00