Seedborne fungi of sesame (Sesamum indicum L) in Sierra Leone and their potential aflatoxin/mycotoxin production.

abstract：:Organ transplant recipients (OTR) are at higher risk of developing life-threatening infections. In this study, we tested 527 Candida isolates obtained from the oral and genital mucosa from OTR and healthy controls in order to monitor antifungal susceptibility patterns in this particular risk group. Testing was carried...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Geusau A,Antoniewicz L,Poitschek C,Presterl E,Willinger B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 148 cats with a clinical and mycologic diagnosis of sporotrichosis and 84 apparently healthy cats with domiciliary contact with the affected animals were studied. Sporothrix schenckii was isolated from 148 (n = 148; 100%) clinical samples of cutaneous lesion (biopsy, swab or aspiration of purulent secretion...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Schubach TM,de Oliveira Schubach A,dos Reis RS,Cuzzi-Maya T,Blanco TC,Monteiro DF,Barros BM,Brustein R,Zancopé-Oliveira RM,Fialho Monteiro PC,Wanke B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clearance of cryptococcal polysaccharide (CP) from tissues and body fluids of nonimmune mice was studied. Mice were injected intravenously only with one mg of purified CP, and serum, urine and tissues were obtained from each animal at various intervals for a period of 84 days. Tissue extracts, serum and urine were tes...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Muchmore HG,Scott EN,Felton FG,Fromtling RA

更新日期：1982-04-23 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：:Two distinct patterns of immune recovery inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) are recognized, paradoxical and unmasking IRIS. Here we raise some concerns regarding the first case of neuroPCM-IRIS published to date, as recently proposed by Almeida and Roza (Mycopathologia 177:137-141, 2017) for a patient originally described b...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Buccheri R,Benard G

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes expressing external antibody specific for Candida albicans and encapsulating amphotericin B were developed and characterized in this study. Antibody was first modified by the covalent attachment of palmitic acid residues. Liposomes were produced by reverse-phase evaporation and modified antibody was incorpor...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Hospenthal DR,Rogers AL,Mills GL

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) types based on restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns with HaeIII were investigated in clinical isolates of Sporothrix schenckii in North and South America. In addition to 14 mtDNA types (Types 1-14) so far reported, six new mtDNA types, Types 15-20 were found in this study....

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ishizaki H,Kawasaki M,Aoki M,Matsumoto T,Padhye AA,Mendoza M,Negroni R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of microfloral components on medicated and non-medicated swine and chicken feed pellets and crumbles, produced in a Manitoba feed mill between June 1991 and October 1992, was determined. Addition of medicates to feeds generally decreased bacterial incidence and increased that of Eurotium spp. fungi. The...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mills JT,White ND,Woods SM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ALS1 and ALS3 encode cell-surface associated glycoproteins that are considered to be important for Candida albicans biofilm formation. The main goal of the present study was to monitor ALS1 and ALS3 gene expression during C. albicans biofilm formation (on silicone) under continuous flow conditions, using the Centers f...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nailis H,Vandenbroucke R,Tilleman K,Deforce D,Nelis H,Coenye T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia beijingensis, a recently established new species, is an isolate from soil in China. During our taxonomic studies on 450 nocardial clinical isolates in Thailand and Japan, 17 strains from Thailand and 1 strain from Japan were found to have a similar physiological characteristic to those of N. beijingensis, suc...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kageyama A,Poonwan N,Yazawa K,Mikami Y,Nishimura K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously described an in vitro assay showing that neutrophils (PMNs) from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (PARA) have a specific digestive deficiency against suspensions of live Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. We now report that this defect is equally detectable against autoclaved, but not Amphotericin B-kill...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Goihman-Yahr M,Rothenberg A,Bretaña A,Istúriz G,Rosquete R,Avila-Millán E,Viloria N,Saavedra de Borges N,Carrasquero M,Pérez de Fernández B

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the terbinafine (TRF) resistance mechanism in a TRF-resistant strain of Microsporum canis, the expression of the pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR1), multidrug resistance (MDR1), MDR2 and MDR4 genes were investigated by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis, given the known interaction of the corresp...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kano R,Hsiao YH,Han HS,Chen C,Hasegawa A,Kamata H

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:A systematic study on autolysis of the cell walls of fungi has been made on Neurospora crassa, Botrytis cinerea, Polystictus versicolor, Aspergillus nidulans, Schizophyllum commune, Aspergillus niger, and Mucor mucedo. During autolysis each fungus produces the necessary lytic enzymes for its autodegradation. From auto...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Perez-Leblic MI,Reyes F,Martinez MJ,Lahoz R

更新日期：1982-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Basidiospores were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma infecting oil palms from an estate in Johor and from ornamental palms (including oil palms) from Singapore. The spores were then germinated to obtain homokaryotic mycelia. Based on clamp connection formation in paired hyphal fusions, tester strains were...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lim HP,Fong YK

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：BACKGROUND:Experience with aerosolized lipid amphotericin B (aeLAB) as therapy or secondary prophylaxis in patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is anecdotal. METHODS:We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study to evaluate the efficacy of systemic antifungal therapy with and without aeLAB in...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Venanzi E,Martín-Dávila P,López J,Maiz L,de la Pedrosa EG,Gioia F,Escudero R,Filigheddu E,Moreno S,Fortún J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:BAS 317 00F was not toxic to the total count of fungi after 2 days but was regularly significantly toxic at the three doses after 5, 20 and 40 days and toxic at the low and the high doses after 80 days. In the agar medium, it was toxic to the counts of total fungi. Aspergillus, A. terreus, Rhizopus oryzae and Mucor ra...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Abdel-Fattah HM,Abdel-Kader MI,Hamida S

更新日期：1982-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Onychomycosis are fungal infections affecting finger and toenails mainly caused by dermatophyte fungi and some Candida species. Low cure rates and frequent recurrence, development of a fungal resistance front to various antimicrobial agents topical and systemic, and an ineffective topical treatment make onychomycosis ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Flores FC,Beck RC,da Silva Cde B

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：: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：:The microbiologic and clinical resistance of dermatophytes is seldom reported, and the mechanisms associated with resistance are not well known. This study investigated the effect of efflux pump modulators (EPMs) (i.e., haloperidol HAL and promethazine PTZ) and their inhibiting activity on the minimum inhibitory conce...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Aneke CI,Rhimi W,Otranto D,Cafarchia C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prototheca wickerhamii was isolated from the stool of a two month-old infant with diarrhea resistant to treatment. This is the first description from Spain of algae of the genus Prototheca isolated from human clinical specimens. The possible pathogenicity of the Prototheca in this case is discussed. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Casal M,Zerolo J,Linares UJ,Ibarra A

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：: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