Cure of orthopaedic infection with Scedosporium prolificans, using voriconazole plus terbinafine, without the need for radical surgery.

abstract：:The authors report a case of subcutaneous mucormycosis in a diabetic patient with verrucous lesions in the fourth finger of the right hand. Initially diagnosed as a fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis case, success was obtained with the use of potassium iodide with healing of the lesion in a period of nearly 5 months. At p...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Costa AR,Porto E,Tayah M,Valente NY,Lacaz Cda S,Maranhão WM,Rodrigues MC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient we present herein is a 6-month-old infant who had erythema and scaling on the central part of the face for 4 months. Both the abundant scaling and the localisation, but also the low age of this infant led to suspect seborrhoeic dermatitis. Direct microscopic examination of scales showed septate hyphae and ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Polat M,Artüz F,Karaaslan A,Oztaş P,Lenk N,Alli N

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, there has been only one published report on the infectious sclerokeratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae, which is an entomopathogenic fungus. Regarding corneal infection, three reports have been published to date. Although the prognoses of the corneal infections are favourable, prognosis when scleral infe...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Eguchi H,Toibana T,Hotta F,Miyamoto T,Mitamura Y,Yaguchi T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared two phenotypic methods, colony morphotyping on Sabouraudtripheniltetrazolium agar (STTZ) and serotyping, with two genotypic methods, karyotyping and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA bands obtained by PCR amplification (RAPD-PCR), for strain delineation in 33 Candida clinical isolates and two C. albicans st...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Del Castillo L,Bikandi J,Nieto A,Quindós G,Sentandreu R,Pontón J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytostatic chemotherapy of hematological malignancies if often complicated by neutropenia, which increases the risk of infections, especially if the neutrophil count is below 500/ml. Frequently, fever is the first and in most patients the only sign of an infection. Unexplained fever is defined as follows: temperature ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Link H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic fungal infection is a frequent complication in patients receiving intensive chemotherapy for acute leukaemia. Hepatic lesions may be detected using computerised tomographic (CT) scans, but there is no standardised CT protocol for the diagnosis and follow-up of hepatic fungal infection. We therefore retrospecti...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Petrausch U,Frauenfelder T,Mueller NJ,Arn K,Stussi G,Schanz U

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using rose bengal or erythrosine with light emitting diode (LED) on Candida albicans planktonic cultures and biofilms. Seven C. albicans clinical strains and one standard strain (ATCC 18804) were used. Planktonic cultures and biofilms of e...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Costa AC,Rasteiro VM,Pereira CA,Rossoni RD,Junqueira JC,Jorge AO

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wide spectrum of candidiasis and its clinical importance encourage the research with the purpose of clarifying the mechanisms of pathogenicity and identification of virulence factors of Candida sp. Therefore, the aim of this study was to verify the adhesion capacity, protease activity and genotypic diversity of or...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： da Costa KR,Ferreira JC,Lavrador MA,Baruffi MD,Candido RC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonisation of the gastrointestinal tract is influenced by primary microbial exposure and bioactive factors in breastmilk. The aim was to explore the prevalence of oral Candida in the first year of life in relation to selected exposures. Oral Candida was studied in 100 healthy infants at 4 and 8 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 mo...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Stecksén-Blicks C,Granström E,Silfverdal SA,West CE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by yeast of the genus Candida are the most common fungal infections, being Candida albicans the most common isolated species among them. The rapid identification of this yeast is mostly based on the production of germ tube in human or animal serum. This study describes the use of 12 different liquid ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Hilmioglu S,Ilkit M,Badak Z

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral terbinafine (Lamisil, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland) is an effective therapy for fungal infections of the skin and nails. A post-marketing surveillance study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of oral terbinafine. A total of 454 patients with clinically and mycologically confirme...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Binder M,Nell G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii species complex has evolved as a pathogen in the last two decades causing infection among both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. We aimed to analyse the clinical features of CNS infection caused by C. gattii sensu lato, molecular and antifungal susceptibility profile of this pathogen. Ca...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lahiri Mukhopadhyay S,Bahubali VH,Manjunath N,Swaminathan A,Maji S,Palaniappan M,Parthasarathy S,Chandrashekar N

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sodium sulphite, cysteine, glutathione, mercaptoethanol and dithioerythritol (0.1-10 mmol l-1) on the activity of proteases of Microsporum gypseum was studied using azocasein, cross-linked bovine serum albumin and keratin as substrates. With the substrate without disulphide bonds (casein) no stimulation ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kunert J

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium apiospermum is a ubiquitous filamentous fungus, commonly found in soil, sewage and polluted waters. It is rarely pathogenic but can cause a broad spectrum of clinical diseases, which can be localised or disseminate to distant organs. The disseminated form of the disease is mostly seen among immunocompromi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Dinh A,Demay O,Rottman M,Gaudot F,Bougnoux ME,Bouchand F,Coignard H,Rouzaud C,Davido B,Duran C,Nich C

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforative eye injuries in two patients were complicated by fulminant endophthalmitis. In both patients the cornea was free of micro-organisms. Vitrectomy of the posterior pars plana was performed and the contents of the vitreous body were examined mycologically and bacteriologically. Fusarium moniliforme var. subglu...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Srdić N,Radulović S,Nonković Z,Velimirović S,Cvetković L,Vico I

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most important systemic mycosis in Latin America. It has been regarded as a multifocal disease, with oral lesions as the prominent feature. To provide useful information concerning the diagnosis and management of the disease, this study describes demographic and clinical data from t...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Brazão-Silva MT,Andrade MF,Franco T,Ribeiro RI,Silva Wdos S,Faria G,Faria PR,Cardoso SV,Loyola AM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 65-year-old diabetic patient, who developed a deep fungal infection in the beard region after initial therapy with systemic antibiotics and topical corticosteroids. We were able to isolate Trichophyton mentagrophytes and treated him successfully with terbinafine 250 mg day(-1) orally in combination with...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Hohaus K,Vennewald I,Wollina U

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated and prolonged use of fluconazole in treating candidosis leads to drug resistance. The aim of this study was to confirm the relationship between T916C (Y257H) mutation in Candida albicans ERG11 and fluconazole resistance. We replaced one copy of ERG11 with ERG11 containing the T916C mutation in C. albicans CAI...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Zhao J,Xu Y,Li C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis that developed on the extensor aspect of the left wrist of an 83-year-old woman was treated once a week with 200 mg of oral fluconazole. This dermatological lesion healed within 4 months, leaving a scar. No side-effects were seen. At the time of writing, 7 months after the end ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Yoshida M,Hiruma M,Tezuka T

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection in immunocompromised hosts, but it carries a high mortality rate. Primary gastrointestinal disease is the least frequent form of presentation. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical in the management; however, symptoms are typically non-specific in gastrointestinal ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Dioverti MV,Cawcutt KA,Abidi M,Sohail MR,Walker RC,Osmon DR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis is a deep mycosis endemic to Latin America, with considerable morbidity and mortality. It is caused by the dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, which affects, among other organs in the human body, the oral cavity. Fungus virulence and immunocompetence of the host determine the establi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Abreu e Silva MÀ,Salum FG,Figueiredo MA,Cherubini K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work presents the epidemiology of dermatomycoses and their etiological agents of people living in the Lódź region, Central Poland, over the years 1987-1996. The analysis involved subjects referred by physicians to three major mycological laboratories in Lódź (covering the entire mycological diagnostics of the Lód...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Seneczko F,Lupa S,Jeske J,Głowacka A,Ochecka-Szymańska A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis is an important systemic mycosis in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Increasingly cases are recognised in nonendemic areas. Proper management requires recognition of the clinical syndromes caused by Histoplasma capsulatum infection, familiarity with the uses and limitations of the diagnostic tests, an un...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wheat LJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old woman with swelling, multiple nodules and discharging sinuses of her right foot is presented. A single nodule on the sole was excised 15 years ago and since then she has had recurrent attacks of swelling and discharging sinuses that improved partially with antibiotics. Magnetic resonance images (MRI) rev...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gündüz K,Orgüç S,Demireli P,Inanir I,Sürücüoglu S,Ovali GY

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistotyping was used to characterise 106 strains of Candida albicans classified as to whether they came from deep or superficial infections. The data were analysed by logistic regression analysis. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups of strains. After removal of variables by the lo...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Hunter PR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidorhamnomannans (PRMs), rhamnomannans and α-glucans are especially relevant for the architecture of the Scedosporium/Pseudallescheria boydii cell wall, but many of them are immunologically active, with great potential as regulators of pathogenesis and the immune response of the host. In addition, some of them can...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lopes LC,da Silva MI,Bittencourt VC,Figueiredo RT,Rollin-Pinheiro R,Sassaki GL,Bozza MT,Gorin PA,Barreto-Bergter E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The infections caused by fungi represent a global concern and an important cause of hospital admissions in endemic areas. The influence of socio-environmental factors in infectious diseases has been documented; however, this phenomenon remains unclear regarding mycoses. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to analys...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： da Silva LC,de Oliveira LVN,Silva FB,Santos JRN,de Araújo MLS,Mendes AGG,Miranda RCM,Santos DA,Holanda RA,Santos JRA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main deep-seated fungal diseases and their encountered pathology in New Caledonia and other islands of the South Pacific are reviewed (1970-96). Cryptococcosis is encountered in all islands of the South Pacific, Australia and Papua New Guinea, with a predominance of variety gattii, which is associated with some sp...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Monchy D,Huerre MR,de Bièvre C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to conduct a survey of fungi in activated sludge plants with membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Thirty-six samples of both aerobic and anoxic activated sludge were taken from two plants with MBRs treating domestic wastewater. Over a period of 8 months, two samples from each plant were take...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Awad MF,Kraume M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary The authors report a case of bullous tinea pedis caused by Trichophyton violaceum with dermatophytid reaction in a 26-year-old woman who had been in Africa. Diagnosis was based on mycological examination (direct microscope observation and culture). Recovery was achieved after systemic antimycotic therapy with ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Romano C,Rubegni P,Ghilardi A,Fimiani M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00