Production of extracellular collagenolytic proteinases by Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii and Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum in the yeast phase.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Candida glabrata is the third leading cause of candidaemia in Turkey; however, the data regarding antifungal resistance mechanisms and genotypic diversity in association with their clinical implication are limited. OBJECTIVES:To assess genotypic diversity, antifungal susceptibility and mechanisms of drug re...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Arastehfar A,Daneshnia F,Salehi M,Yaşar M,Hoşbul T,Ilkit M,Pan W,Hagen F,Arslan N,Türk-Dağı H,Hilmioğlu-Polat S,Perlin DS,Lass-Flörl C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen essential oils were screened in vitro for their fungitoxicity against the two dermatophytes Trichophyton rubrum and Microsporum gypseum. Five oils (from Artemisia nelagrica, Caesulia axillaris, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Cymbopogon citratus and Mentha arvensis) showed strong activity and were assessed for their...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kishore N,Mishra AK,Chansouria JP

更新日期：1993-05-01 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：:In Malassezia furfur, tryptophan as the main nitrogen source induces production of the potent ultraviolet-absorbing indole compound pityriacitrin. An in vitro study about the effects of pityriacitrin on other human skin microorganisms is presented, with special focus on Candida albicans and staphylococci in which its ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Machowinski A,Krämer HJ,Hort W,Mayser P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cryptococcal meningitis accounts for 15% of all AIDS mortality globally. Most cases in low- and middle-income countries are treated with fluconazole monotherapy, which is associated with a high mortality. New available therapies are needed. Short-course amphotericin B has been shown to be a safe and efficien...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Katende A,Mbwanji G,Faini D,Nyuri A,Kalinjuma AV,Mnzava D,Hullsiek KH,Rhein J,Weisser M,Meya DB,Boulware DR,Letang E,KIULARCO Study Group.

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic fungal sinusitis is a comparatively new disease entity in paranasal sinus mycoses. It is not a very rare condition, but diagnosis is difficult to establish. Of 28 consecutive cases of allergic nasal polyposis during a 2-year period, 11 patients had allergic fungal sinusitis and the diagnosis was based on the ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Chhabra A,Handa KK,Chakrabarti A,Mann SB,Panda N

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of paracoccidioidomycosis observed in 1990-1991 in Quillabamba, Peru, and its surroundings are described. The climate and the living conditions of the inhabitants favour paracoccidioidomycosis. It can be assumed that a majority of cases could not be identified, because the symptoms are disguised as other t...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Garcia R,Ugarte G,Vidotto V

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of Candida has been implicated as the first step in the pathogenesis of oral candidosis, and germ tube formation, a contributory attribute. While chlorhexidine gluconate is by far the most common antiseptic mouthwash prescribed in dentistry, its intraoral concentration fluctuates considerably because of the ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ellepola AN

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylactic treatment with human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (hG-CSF) affords significant protection against systemic aspergillosis or pulmonary aspergillosis in neutropenic (cyclophosphamide-treated) mice but not in cortisone-treated animals. Cryptococcosis does not respond to hG-CSF therapy. Our data show...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Polak-Wyss A

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by Sporothrix species that affects humans and animals. Little information on the genetic diversity and population structure of the pathogen is available for Brazil, which is needed to design effective strategies to tackle the advance of sporotrichosis in endemi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： da Cruz Bahiense Rocha I,Terra PPD,Cardoso de Oliveira R,Lubianca Zanotti R,Falqueto A,de Camargo ZP,Rodrigues AM,Gonçalves SS

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of an 8-year-old boy suffering from disseminated verrucous lesions with some purulent drainage on his right foot, shank, thigh, scrotum, penis, perianal area and abdomen. Epidermophyton floccosum was isolated from these lesions. The patient was treated with oral ketoconazole for 4 months and the le...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Qiangqiang Z,Limo Q,Qixian Q

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a hormonal-dependent infection but in contrast to sporadic VVC, therapy of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is still unsolved. Long-term administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate was evaluated for the management of RVVC. Overall, 20 patients were treated with Depo-Provera...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Špaček J,Kestřánek J,Jílek P,Leško D,Plucnarová S,Buchta V

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article reviews 37 cases of phaeohyphomycosis from the world literature up to 1992 accepted as being caused by Wangiella dermatitidis. The various clinical aspects of these infections are characterized, and the nomenclatural implications in the history of this emerging pathogen are discussed. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Matsumoto T,Matsuda T,McGinnis MR,Ajello L

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of persistent suppression of Candida albicans yeast cell growth after short drug exposures (postantifungal effect, PAFE) was determined by performing comparative studies using different concentrations of 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC), amphotericin B (AMPH) and miconazole (MCZ). An in vitro turbidometric metho...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Scalarone GM,Mikami Y,Kurita N,Ichihara Y,Yazawa K,Miyaji M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Is non-response to maintenance treatment for recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis (RCVV) related to the impaired glucose metabolism? In the ReCiDiF trial, women with RCVV were given a degressive regimen with fluconazole according to their clinical, microscopic and mycologic response. Data obtained from optimal, suboptima...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Grinceviciene S,Bellen G,Ruban K,Donders G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of four media or media combinations on the growth and the in vitro susceptibility to amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, fluconazole and itraconazole of 51 isolates of Cr. neoformans was studied. The drug concentration producing a 50% decrease in OD405 (IC50) was determined in microtiter format. The following...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： St-Germain G,Dion C

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the genetic diversity of Candida albicans strains and the correlation between the antifungal susceptibility and gene diversity of C. albicans were carried out and the results were found to be inconsistent. To investigate antifungal susceptibility and genotypes of C. albicans strains from patients with vulvo...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Liu XP,Fan SR,Bai FY,Li J,Liao QP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis occurs in approximately 5% of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients in endemic areas and often evolves to a disseminated picture if diagnosis is delayed and/or CD4 count falls below 150 cells x mm(3) without high active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). This report presents clinical features ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Mora DJ,dos Santos CT,Silva-Vergara ML

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and prevalence of fungal infections in Tanzania remains unknown. We assessed the annual burden in the general population and among populations at risk. Data were extracted from 2012 reports of the Tanzanian AIDS program, WHO, reports, Tanzanian census, and from a comprehensive PubMed search. We used mode...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Faini D,Maokola W,Furrer H,Hatz C,Battegay M,Tanner M,Denning DW,Letang E

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Regulation of morphogenesis through the production of chemical signalling molecules such as isoamyl alcohol, 2-phenylethyl alcohol, 1-dodecanol, E-nerolidol and farnesol is reported in Candida albicans. The present study focuses on the effect of ethyl alcohol on C. albicans dimorphism and biofilm development. Ethyl al...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Chauhan NM,Raut JS,Karuppayil SM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel dimorphic fungus, Emergomyces orientalis sp. nov. a close relative of systemic pathogens in the family Ajellomycetaceae (Blastomyces, Histoplasma). The fungus is reported in a 64-year-old male from Shanxi, China. The patient developed disseminated skin lesions, productive cough with fever and showed nodular op...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wang P,Kenyon C,de Hoog S,Guo L,Fan H,Liu H,Li Z,Sheng R,Yang Y,Jiang Y,Zhang L,Xu Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secreted aspartyl proteinases (Saps) of Candida albicans have been implicated as immunodominant antigens and virulence factors associated with adherence and tissue invasion. A hybrid phage displaying the Sap epitope VKYTS was constructed by cloning the corresponding DNA fragments into the pfd88 vector. Similar to ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Yang Q,Su QP,Wang GY,Wen DZ,Zhang YH,Bao HZ,Wang L

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1400 pupils from two public primary schools in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria, who were screened for dermatophyte infection, 188 (13.4%) were infected. The causative agents isolated included Microsporum audouinii in 88 (46.8%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes in 48 (25.5%), T. rubrum in 40 (21.3%), T. tonsurans in four (2....

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Enweani IB,Ozan CC,Agbonlahor DE,Ndip RN

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate caspofungin in high-risk invasive aspergillosis (IA) patient, a retrospective review of patient characteristics, antifungal therapies and clinical outcomes on hospitalised patients at sites in Russia, Canada, Germany, and Thailand was performed. Fifty-five patients were included, six with proven and 49 wit...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wisniewski T,Klimko N,Laverdiere M,Kiertiburanakul S,Kliasova G,Trenschel R,Kumar RN

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients are at high risk of invasive aspergillosis (IA) after first induction chemotherapy (CHT). Although IA risk factors have been identified, few data are available on impact of IA, occurring during induction phase, on overall AML outcome. PATIENTS AND RESULTS:The end point...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Candoni A,Farina F,Perruccio K,Di Blasi R,Criscuolo M,Cattaneo C,Delia M,Zannier ME,Dragonetti G,Fanci R,Martino B,Del Principe MI,Fianchi L,Vianelli N,Chierichini A,Garzia M,Petruzzellis G,Nadali G,Verga L,Busca A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to implement and to assess the impact of the antifungal stewardship programme (AFSp) on prescription appropriateness of antifungals, management and outcomes of candidaemia patients, and antifungal consumption and costs at our solid organ transplant (SOT) institute. METHODS:Local epidemiology of invasi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Mularoni A,Adamoli L,Polidori P,Ragonese B,Gioè SM,Pietrosi A,Tuzzolino F,Guadagnino G,Monaco F,Grossi PA,Conaldi PG,Luca A,Mikulska M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to viral infection are at risk for secondary complications like invasive aspergillosis. Our study evaluates coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) associated invasive aspergillosis at a single centre in Cologne, Germany. METHODS:A retrospective chart r...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Koehler P,Cornely OA,Böttiger BW,Dusse F,Eichenauer DA,Fuchs F,Hallek M,Jung N,Klein F,Persigehl T,Rybniker J,Kochanek M,Böll B,Shimabukuro-Vornhagen A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium prolificans is a saprophytic fungus responsible for an increasing number of infections among immunocompromised hosts. Most disseminated S. prolificans infections prove fatal due to persistent neutropenia, and inherited resistance to currently available antifungal drugs. The authors report a fatal case of ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Song MJ,Lee JH,Lee NY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00