A microautomated dilution method for susceptibility testing with antifungal drugs.

abstract：:The number of new fungal pathogens is increasing due to growing population of immunocompromised patients and advanced identification techniques. Fereydounia khargensis is a yeast and was first described in 2014 from environmental samples. As far as we know, this is the first report of human infections associated with ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Tap RM,Ramli NY,Sabaratnam P,Hashim R,Bakri AR,Bee LB,Ginsapu SJ,Ahmad R,Razak MF,Ahmad N

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:The strain ZK7 of Pochonia chlamydosporia var. chlamydosporia and IPC of Paecilomyces lilacinus are highly effective in the biological control against root-knot nematodes infecting tobacco. When applied, they require a specific monitoring method to evaluate the colonization and dispersal in soil. In this work, the ran...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Zhu ML,Mo MH,Xia ZY,Li YH,Yang SJ,Li TF,Zhang KQ

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Intraperitoneal administration of the mycotoxin penitrem A 30 min before a training session in passive avoidance task, impaired performance of rats subjected to a test-session 24 h after. This effect was not antagonised by pretraining administration of physostigmine or bicuculline. Administration of penitrem A 20 min ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Deschaux O,Bizot JC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe root rot disease of cotton caused by Pythium carolinianum was diagnosed in a cotton field in Beni-Musa village, 20 km southwest of El-Minia city, Egypt, during the summer of 1996. This was the first reported isolation of this fungus in Egypt. In the light of the importance of the cotton industry in Egypt, res...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Abdelzaher HM,Elnaghy MA

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Protothecosis refers to disease of humans and animals caused by infection with fungus-like, colourless microalgae of the genus Prototheca. Although protothecosis remains an uncommon infection, increasing numbers of human and animal cases are being diagnosed worldwide. This review summarises major new findings in basic...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Masuda M,Jagielski T,Danesi P,Falcaro C,Bertola M,Krockenberger M,Malik R,Kano R

更新日期：2020-11-18 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：: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：: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：:A low molecular weight fraction from chitinase digested cell walls of T. mentagrophytes containing both polysaccharide and peptide moieties was found to have immunological reactivity at both the cellular and humoral level. This fraction (UM2(a)) was further degraded by treatment with either a combination of pronase an...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Al-Rammahy AK,Levy JG,Kelly B

更新日期：1979-02-28 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：:Candida albicans biofilms on most medical devices are exposed to a flow of body fluids that provide water and nutrients to the fungal cells. While C. albicans biofilms grown in vitro under static conditions have been exhaustively studied, the same is not true for biofilms developed under continuous flow of replenishin...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Uppuluri P,Chaturvedi AK,Lopez-Ribot JL

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Three hundred and forty-eight Vencob broiler chickens were fed diets containing Penicillium griseofulvum rice culture material with 0, 12.5, 25 and 50 ppm of the mycotoxin cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) for 28 days. Serum samples were collected from 9 birds in each group at weekly intervals to study the effect of sublethal ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Balachandran C,Parthasarathy KR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phoma herbarum has been associated with two outbreaks of systemic mycosis in hatchery-reared chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) fingerlings. Affected fish exhibited abnormal swimming behavior, exophthalmia, multiple rounded areas of muscle softening, protruded hemorrhagic vents, and abdominal swelling. In all a...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Faisal M,Elsayed E,Fitzgerald SD,Silva V,Mendoza L

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused by the soil-dwelling dimorphic fungi Coccidioides spp. The disease is endemic in semiarid Northeast Brazil, where it is caused by C. posadasii. The aim of this study was to perform antifungal susceptibility tests of clinical and environmental strains of C. posadasii fr...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Cordeiro RA,Brilhante RS,Rocha MF,Fechine MA,Costa AK,Camargo ZP,Sidrim JJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：:The fungal flora of wheat flour and baladi bread in upper Egypt were investigated. Most of the isolated fungal species belong to the genus Aspergillus. The presence of non heat resistant fungi of the both flat surfaces of baladi bread, came from contamination after baking and from improper handling at homes. Among the...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Megalla SE,Abdou RF,Bagy MM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influx of inflammatory cells towards the peritoneal cavity in rats inoculated intraperitoneally with subcellular preparations of the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis was studied. In addition to the dead fungus, also fractions F1 of the cell wall, which mainly consisted of polysaccharides and the lipid extract,...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Alves LM,Figueiredo F,Brandão Filho SL,Tincani I,Silva CL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a comparative study to isolate the dermatophytes of tinea capitis using the cytobrush and comparing it versus the standard method. A prospective, observational, comparative trial of 178 probable cases of tinea capitis was conducted in two dermatological centers. Each patient underwent mycological tests that in...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bonifaz A,Isa-Isa R,Araiza J,Cruz C,Hernández MA,Ponce RM

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Fungal endophytes were isolated from Crataeva magna, a medicinal plant growing along the streams and rivers, constituting riparian vegetation in Karnataka, southern India. Fresh bark and twig pieces were used for the isolation using standard methods. Ninety-six endophytic fungal isolates were isolated from 800 bark an...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nalini MS,Mahesh B,Tejesvi MV,Prakash HS,Subbaiah V,Kini KR,Shetty HS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential oils extracted from Citrus reticulata and Cymbopogon citratus were tested in vitro against the toxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus, isolated from the tuberous roots of Asparagus racemosus, used in preparation of herbal drugs. The essential oils completely inhibited the growth of A. flavus at 750 ppm and a...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Singh P,Shukla R,Kumar A,Prakash B,Singh S,Dubey NK

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to study the effects of different concentrations of magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO NPs) on the growth and key virulence factors of Candida albicans (C. albicans). The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of MgO NPs against C. albicans was determined by the micro-broth dilution method...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kong F,Wang J,Han R,Ji S,Yue J,Wang Y,Ma L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scopoletin (7-hydroxy-6-methoxy coumarin) which inhibited the conidial germination of Corynespora cassiicola was isolated from the uninfected mature leaves of Hevea brasiliensis. Scopoletin was not detected in uninfected immature rubber leaves. The immature leaves produced scopoletin after being infected with C. cassi...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Silva WP,Deraniyagala SA,Wijesundera RL,Karunanayake EH,Priyanka UM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reproduced the experimental model of ocular paracoccidioidomycosis in guinea pigs, by the intracardiac inoculation of yeast-forms of P. brasiliensis. Ocular involvement was observed in 80% of the infected animals. The uvea, ciliary body, choroid, iris, lids and the conjunctiva were the structures mos...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kamegasawa A,Viero RM,Rezkallah-Iwasso MT,Franco MF

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00