Mycotic keratitis caused by Curvularia lunata var. aeria.

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：: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

abstract：:Four Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and one opossum (Didelphis virginiana) were surveyed for the presence of fungi. Eighteen different fungi were isolated from rat samples and six from the opossum, including Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Hair and skin scrapings from laboratory raised Norway rats, bedding and air from ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Thiermann AB,Jeffries CD

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phoma sorghina is reported for the first time as an opportunistic fungal pathogen. It was repeatedly isolated from patient as well as experimental animal. The identity and taxonomy of the fungus has been discussed. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Rai MK

更新日期：1989-03-01 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：: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：:One of the most important forms of the occurrence of protothecosis is bovine mastitis. Studies on the "in vivo" and "in vitro" susceptibility to antimicrobials have shown that the microorganism is resistant to most of them. Looking for alternative treatments this study aimed to study the susceptibility to copper sulph...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Melville PA,Benites NR,Sinhorini IL,Costa EO

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantify the thigmotropism, we adapted the our previous method using a chemotaxifilter system in combination with a bioluminescent adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay based on firefly luciferase-luciferin system and analyzed the relationship between the ability of germ tube formation and thigmotropism of C. albicans...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nikawa H,Nishimura H,Hamada T,Sadamori S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a modified natural porcine surfactant (Curosurf) on phagocytosis and killing of Cryptococcus neoformans by alveolar macrophages and on the production of superoxide anions were investigated in vitro. Attachment and ingestion were evaluated separately by a fluorescent quenching technique. The nitroblue te...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Gross NT,Camner P,Chinchilla M,Jarstrand C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dematiaceous fungus, Phialophora richardsiae (Nannf.) Conant, was isolated from human bone. In culture the fungus produced no yeast forms and was less pigmented than two other P. richardsiae isolates. While growth rates were similar, colonial forms differed. Phialides were of two kinds. While both had broad bases an...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Yangco BG,TeStrake D,Okafor J

更新日期：1984-05-30 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：: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：: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：:A case of red grain mycetoma on the scalp is described. The disease, caused by Actinomadura pelletieri, is extremely rare in this part of the world, and from India this is perhaps the first case with scalp involvement. The lesion showed satisfactory response to partial excision followed by chemotherapy with streptomyc...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bedi TR,Kaur S,Kumar B

更新日期：1978-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We review here the advances in the understanding of the immunopathology of human paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). Its investigation must take in account the intriguing natural history of the mycosis and its agent, providing clues to the mechanisms that lead to development of disease (unbalanced host-parasite relationship...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Benard G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report discusses a patient with sickle cell disease who presented with fungemia from Pichia anomala (teleomorph: Candida pelliculosa). The organism was identified as P. anomala by MALDI-TOF VITEK mass spectrometry and VITEK 2 yeast identification card. Pichia anomala should be considered in sickle cell patie...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Chan AW,Cartwright EJ,Reddy SC,Kraft CS,Wang YF

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：: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：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 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：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：:Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is increasingly diagnosed in high-risk patients. The lesions are usually located in the lungs and/or sinuses, and the fungus may spread haematogenously to different organs; however, involvement of the heart during IA is very rare. We describe a unique case of invasive aspergillosis of the h...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Sulik-Tyszka B,Kacprzyk P,Mądry K,Ziarkiewicz-Wróblewska B,Jędrzejczak W,Wróblewska M

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:The taxonomic position of the causal agent of fruit rot of olives was determined from fresh collections of the fungus from central Greece. In culture it formed two types of conidia, namely fusiform, hyaline, aseptate conidia typical of the genus Fusicoccum, and dark-walled, ovoid, ellipsoid or fusiform, 1-2 septate co...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Phillips AJ,Rumbos IC,Alves A,Correia A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basis for resistance of yeast form of Histoplasma capsulatum to antifungal activity of human neutrophils was studied. In limiting dilution assays and short term coculture assays human neutrophils were ineffective in killing H. capsulatum whereas Candida albicans was readily killed. By contrast, in a cell free hydr...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kurita N,Terao K,Brummer E,Ito E,Nishimura K,Miyaji M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of the biocontrol fungus Epicoccum nigrum was more sensitive to ionic solute water stress (NaCl) than non-ionic (glycerol) on potato dextrose-based media at -0.5, -3.0 and -5.5 MPa water potentials. Subsequent physiological manipulation of growth of E. nigrum in glycerol-modified media to -3.0 MPa water potenti...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pascual S,Melgarejo P,Magan N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aims of this study are to investigate the in vitro activities of micafungin and caspofungin that are two new echinocandin antifungal drugs against clinically isolated dermatophytes in China and to define MEC (minimal effective concentration) as the reading endpoints of this study in accordance with (Clinical a...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bao YQ,Wan Z,Li RY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey on rhinosporidiosis in animals was conducted in Kanyakumari (K.K.) district of Tamil Nadu, India. Among 103 animals (40 bullocks, 45 cows, 15 heifers, 2 bulls and a buffalo), 19 (9 bullocks, 8 cows, 1 heifer and a she-buffalo) were found to be infected with Rhinosporidium seeberi. The study revealed the endem...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Moses JS,Balachandran C

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichosporon species cause wide varieties of fungal infections. White piedra, a superficial fungal infection on the hair shaft, is caused by Trichosporon species. We report here a case of white piedra over the scalp due to T. inkin, a rarely isolated pathogen from such a lesion. The identification of the fungus was co...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Shivaprakash MR,Singh G,Gupta P,Dhaliwal M,Kanwar AJ,Chakrabarti A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytes are among the most successful fungal pathogens in humans, but their virulence mechanisms have not yet been fully characterized. Dermatophytic fungi secrete proteases in vivo, which are responsible for fungal colonization and degradation of the keratinized tissue during infection. In the present study, we...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kaplan E,Gonca S,Kandemir H,Döğen A,Hilmioğlu-Polat S,Ilkit M,Tanaka R,Yaguchi T,Uhrlaβ S,Nenoff P

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00