A rapid Candida albicans hyphal-form growth inhibition assay: determination of myelomonocytic-mediated antifungal activity.

abstract：:To determine the ecological and epidemiological significance of pigeon excrement in cryptococcosis in Mexico City, 251 samples of pigeon droppings were studied. These were collected from houses, public buildings, churches, parks and pigeon nests. Each sample was suspended 1:10 in isotonic saline solution and then cult...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Castanón-Olivares LR,López-Martínez R

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biofilm composed of various microorganisms including Candida is found on denture surfaces and is likely to be involved in the etiology of denture-induced stomatitis. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of hydrophobic interactions in candidal adherence to acrylic surfaces, particularly that of the hypha...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Yoshijima Y,Murakami K,Kayama S,Liu D,Hirota K,Ichikawa T,Miyake Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of tinea incognito (TI) appears to have increased over recent years, although no large series of cases has been reported in children. The aim of this study was to analyse the main epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of TI diagnosed in children in comparison with other tineas. We...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： del Boz J,Crespo V,Rivas-Ruiz F,de Troya M

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:A total of 165 sporotrichosis cases occurring in Nagasaki prefecture, and examined at Nagasaki University Hospital, were evaluated. Both males and females were equally affected, with no significant differences in the affected body regions. Lesions were frequently seen on the face (49 cases, 29.5%) and upper limbs (101...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Takenaka M,Yoshizaki A,Utani A,Nishimoto K

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：: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：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：:A total of 1921 specimens from nine clinical sources were examined by direct microscopy and culture to recover yeast associated with human infection. Identification of yeast was based on their carbon assimilation patterns, using API 20C AUX and ID 32 C (bioMérieux, France) commercial kits. A total of 178 specimens (9....

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Abia-Bassey LN,Utsalo SJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) revised the clinical breakpoints (CBPs) for the azoles and echinocandins against Candida species in 2012. We aimed to report the epidemiology of candidemia and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species and evaluate the impact of new CBPs on antifungal susceptibi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Chen YC,Kuo SF,Chen FJ,Lee CH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a thermally dimorphic fungus agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a deep-seated systemic infection of humans with high prevalence in Latin America. Until now no vaccine has been reported. Ionizing radiation can be used to attenuate pathogens for vaccine development and we have successfully...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Demicheli MC,Goes AM,de Andrade AS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ustilaginomycetous basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma aphidis has recently been implicated in potentially fatal disorders ranging from subcutaneous mycoses to disseminated infections. Till date a solitary case of P. aphidis fungaemia in a paediatric patient has been reported. We present a case of fungaemia due to P. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Prakash A,Wankhede S,Singh PK,Agarwal K,Kathuria S,Sengupta S,Barman P,Meis JF,Chowdhary A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) of strain specific traits demonstrated to be a suitable and efficient method for diagnostic and epidemiological determinations for the yeasts Candida albicans, Exophiala dermatitidis and the chlorophylless algae of the genus Prototheca. FT-IR leads in a rapid ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schmalreck AF,Tränkle P,Vanca E,Blaschke-Hellmessen R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The annual incidence of cryptococcosis during 1981-2000 was determined in subscribers of a large integrated health care program in Northern California and in those among them who were HIV positive. The incidence of cryptococcosis had been measured in this setting in the previous decade. The 20-year incidence per milli...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Friedman GD,Jeffrey Fessel W,Udaltsova NV,Hurley LB

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the interaction between intravenous ampicillin-sulbactam treatment and (1,3)-beta-D-glucan (BDG) assay. Fifteen patients with a median age of 60 (16-81) without known risk factors for invasive fungal infections who received a daily dose of 3×2g ampicillin-sulbactam monother...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Metan G,Agkus C,Nedret Koc A,Elmali F,Finkelman MA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet B light (UVB) can have negative phototropic effects on fungi. Candida albicans is often found on human skin exposed to UVB. Therefore, it is of medical interest to know whether a negative phototropic response to UVB irradiation can support an invasive growth of this potentially dangerous agent. In our stud...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Brasch J,Kay C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic black yeast are particularly known through the genus Exophiala, characterised by annellidic budding cells. However, this phenotype is polyphyletic within the order Chaetothyriales. Seventeen generic names are available in the family Herpotrichiellaceae, one of which is Exophiala. Future taxonomy will...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Moussa TAA,Al-Zahrani HS,Kadasa NMS,Moreno LF,Gerrits van den Ende AHG,de Hoog GS,Al-Hatmi AMS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most prevalent systemic mycosis among immunocompetent patients in Latin America. This study aimed to describe the expansion over time and the geographical distribution of confirmed Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis (NPCM) and PCM cases, and relate it to environmental characteristics such ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： de Almeida SM,Salvador GLO,Roza TH,Izycki LF,Dos Santos I,Aragão A,Kulik A,Muro M,Torres LFB,de Noronha L

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper reports the anti-Cryptococcus activity of combination of ethanolic extracts of leaves of Cassia alata and Ocimum sanctum. The activity of combination of the extracts was heat-stable and worked at acidic pH. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ranganathan S,Balajee SA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interdigital ulcer is an exceptionally rare condition while erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica is common for candidiasis. Four Chinese patients with Candida interdigital ulcers were reported. The exudates were examined directly and cultured for fungi. Skin biopsies were stained with haematoxylin-eosin and periodic a...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Luo DQ,Yang W,Wu LC,Liu JH,Chen WN

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the genus Cunninghamella, so far C. bertholletiae is known to be the only clinically relevant species. Correct identification of C. bertholletiae is not possible with classical methods. PCR and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was used to identify seven of nine clinical isolates as C. b...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lemmer K,Losert H,Rickerts V,Just-Nübling G,Sander A,Kerkmann ML,Tintelnot K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytoses caused by the genus Microsporum require a long-duration therapy compared to infections caused by other genera. Treatment of these cutaneous infections includes topical and systemic antifungal agents. Tinea capitis and tinea unguium caused by M. canis and M. gypseum are the most difficult-to-treat derma...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Biancalana FS,Telles PF,Lyra L,Schreiber AZ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With advances in medical sciences, an increase in survival rates of low birth weight; increased incidence in use of catheter and antibiotics, and total parenteral nutrition are reported, therefore, the rate of fungal infections in late and very late onset neonatal sepsis have increased. Although fungal endocarditis ra...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Babayigit A,Cebeci B,Buyukkale G,Semerci SY,Bornaun H,Oztarhan K,Gokce M,Cetinkaya M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic vegetating pyoderma is usually associated with staphylococci and streptococci. A case that started as a therapeutically resistant tinea of the hand caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes is described. The vegetating skin lesion was associated with low immunoglobulin levels and impaired phagocytosis. It healed a...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Skorepová M,Stuchlík D

更新日期：2006-03-01 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

abstract：:Systematic studies about pet guinea pigs with dermatophytosis are rare. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical signs, therapy and zoonotic risk of pet guinea pigs with dermatophytosis. Questionnaires from both owners (n = 74) of pet guinea pigs with dermatophytosis and their veterinarians (n = 101) were analys...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kraemer A,Hein J,Heusinger A,Mueller RS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors carried out research into anti-Malassezia precipitating antibodies in the population, specifying the distribution by age and sex. A total of 868 serum specimens from subjects of both sexes, aged between 0 and 80 years, were studied. An immunoelectroprecipitation reaction was used using a M. furfur culture ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Faggi E,Pini G,Campisi E,Gargani G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old woman was found to have cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by an Exophiala species. The portal of entry of the fungus remained unknown. Despite surgery and antimycotic therapy the patient died from circulation failure. The fungus is compared to several related Exophiala species. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tintelnot K,de Hoog GS,Thomas E,Steudel WI,Huebner K,Seeliger HP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four commercially available in vitro test systems (Candifast, E-test, Mycototal and spiral-gradient end point method), agar diffusion with 25-micrograms fluconazole paper test discs and 15-micrograms test tablets and agar dilution were compared with the microbroth dilution method for fluconazole susceptibility testing...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schmalreck AF,Kottmann I,Reiser A,Ruffer U,Scharr E,Vanca E

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For anthropophilic tinea capitis (TC), household spread and asymptomatic scalp carriage (ASC) is considered an important route of transmission and incomplete clearance. To investigate ASC in household contacts of patients diagnosed with TC in a tertiary hospital in Athens, Greece, we retrospectively reviewed the medic...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Dessinioti C,Papadogeorgaki E,Athanasopoulou V,Antoniou C,Stratigos AJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00