Naildex: pilot evaluation of an onychodystrophy severity instrument.

abstract：:The serological responses to Cryptococcus neoformans proteins of blood donors and HIV patients with active cryptococcosis from a tropical region were investigated in this study. Exposure to C. neoformans, an organism ubiquitous in the environment, contributes to the antibody responses observed in the blood donors. IgG...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Chai HC,Tay ST

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Pathogenicity of fungi is connected with their ability to easily penetrate the host tissues, survive in the infected host organism and use the elements of the host tissues as nutrients. Hence, the co-occurrence of pathogenic properties with the high enzymatic activity, which is manifested through the production of var...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ciebiada-Adamiec A,Małafiej E,Ciebiada I

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:The study was performed to analyse the spectrum of dermatomycoses in southwest Poland during the period 2003-2007. A total of 10,486 patients were investigated for fungal skin infections by means of native specimen and cultivating procedures. Skin scrapings, plucked hairs and nail clippings were examined and identifie...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Jankowska-Konsur A,Dyląg M,Hryncewicz-Gwóźdź A,Plomer-Niezgoda E,Szepietowski JC

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Yeast cultures of Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii and H. capsulatum var. capsulatum in collagen containing defined, semi-defined and complex media produced extracellular collagenolytic proteinases, assayed using 4-phenylazo-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-propyl-L-leucyl- glycyl-L-propyl-D-arginine, a specific collagenase su...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Okeke CN,Müller J

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstituted multilayered oesophageal epithelium appears to be a good basis to test the efficacy of voriconazole (VOR) and fluconazole (FLU) in the tissue. The resulting model of a Candida oesophagitis was approaching the in vivo situation. We infected the tissue with 2 x 10(6) cfu of the Candida albicans strain SC53...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bernhardt J,Bernhardt H,Knoke M,Ludwig K

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Six cases of tinea of the scrotum with atypical clinical features were observed in the dermatology department of our hospital between 2001 and 2007. The age of onset ranged from 14 to 26 years. Unusual clinical presentations of pseudomembranous-like disease were observed in every patient. Causative agents were Microsp...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lu S,Xi LY,Zhang JM,Lu CM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this prospective study 197 serum and 152 urine samples were collected from 40 bone marrow and solid organ transplant recipients with clinically suspected invasive fungal infection before, during and after empirical treatment with lipid formulation of amphotericin B or fluconazole. Serum was analysed by Candida poly...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Chryssanthou E,Klingspor L,Tollemar J,Petrini B,Larsson L,Christensson B,Ringdén O

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of tinea capitis due to Microsporum gypseum in an adult is described. An otherwise healthy 69-year-old woman presented two large patches of slightly erythematous scaling alopecia localized on the vertex and on the left parietal region of the scalp. The only subjective sign was itching. A mycological culture was...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Offidani A,Simoncini C,Arzeni D,Cellini A,Amerio P,Scalise G

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep fungal infections are an increasing problem in the treatment of acute leukemias and malignant lymphomas. Risk factors are known but unavoidable. Because of diagnostic difficulties most patients are treated empirically with intravenous amphotericin B. This drug's toxicity increases morbidity and mortality. An oral...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Prentice AG,Bradford GR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of onychomycosis with melanonychia due to Candida parapsilosis alone. Candida parapsilosis is now identified in the great majority of candidal onychomycosis, mainly in association with other yeasts. The criteria allowing the distinction between invasion and colonization, the risk factors and the treat...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gautret P,Rodier MH,Kauffmann-Lacroix C,Jacquemin JL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are one of the most common pharmacological agents. They have three primary therapeutic properties including anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic and analgesic effects. Seven NSAIDs were tested against two species of dermatophytes. Percentage inhibition was determined for effec...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Al-Janabi AA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytoses are of worldwide distribution. Epidemiological studies concerning dermatophyte infections have been performed in many countries and differences in the incidence and the aetiological agents have been reported in different geographical locations. This study was undertaken to investigate the prevailing sp...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Maraki S,Nioti E,Mantadakis E,Tselentis Y

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro microassay for the measurement of Candida albicans hyphal-form growth inhibition by myelomonocytic cells is described. The assay is rapid, easy-to-perform and objective. A Candida strain capable of in vitro dimorphic transition from yeast to hyphal form has been employed. The assay is based on the incorpor...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Scaringi L,Blasi E,Cornacchione P,Bietta C,Bistoni F

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium infections are increasingly being encountered in immunocompromised patients. Fusarium solani accounts for nearly half of these infections. A specific nested PCR (nPCR) assay has been developed by using DNA isolated from several Fusarium species and other common fungi. Furthermore, DNA samples isolated from br...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ahmad S,Khan ZU,Theyyathel AM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The work reported here is the first nationwide, multicenter surveillance study conducted in Korea to obtain data on fluconazole susceptibility of Candida albicans (C. albicans) isolates. A total of 1137 isolates of C. albicans obtained from 17 university hospitals in South Korea during the 6-month period, July through...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lee MK,Kim HR,Kang JO,Kim MN,Kim EC,Kim JS,Kim JJ,Park YJ,Song W,Shin JH,Lee KM,Lee NY,Lee M,Lee WG,Lee CK,Lee HJ,Chang CL,Choi TY

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report analyses the frequency, the pattern and the severity of mycotic infection in a necropsy series of 103 bone marrow transplantations. Fungal infection was documented in 33 (32%) of all death cases. The risk of mycotic infection was increased in patients with graft failure and after retransplantation. At post...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schmidt U,Pfaffenbach B,Quabeck K,Donhuijsen K

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:This retrospective study reviews the occurrence and treatment of various forms of tinea capitis at the out-patient clinic for Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology of the University Hospital Sophia/Dijkzigt over the period 1977-1988. Tinea capitis was diagnosed in 64 children. Trichophyton violaceum was the pathogen m...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： van der Willigen AH,Oranje AP,de Weerdt-van Ameijden S,Wagenvoort JH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A universal PCR-assay for the detection of fungal DNA was compared with microscopy and culture for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis using 78 samples from 42 patients. Eighteen patients were suffering from invasive aspergillosis, 5 patients were colonized with Aspergillus in the respiratory tract, 19 patients di...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Rimek D,Garg AP,Kappe R,Sonntag HG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an 84-year-old man cryptococcosis with a pronounced osteomyelitic course (involvement of a rib, two thoracic vertebrae, the sacrum and a femur) was diagnosed histologically post mortem, thus directing attention to cryptococcosis in advanced age. The presumptive chronic course of the Cryptococcus neoformans (Cr. n.)...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kromminga R,Staib F,Thalmann U,Jautzke G,Seibold M,Hochrein H,Witt H,Bürger H

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of three azole antifungals on inducible nitric oxide (iNOS) activity in different mouse and human cells was evaluated. The iNOS activity was determined by L-citrulline and nitrite measurement. In the murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7, in mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM) and in human colorectal adenoca...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Vermuyten K,Laurijssens L,Vanden Bossche H

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adherence and dissociation of Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, Streptococcus mutans and S. sanguis to six substrates including hydroxylapatite (HAP) which exhibit various hydrophobicity, was examined by the use of a bioluminescent adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay. Dissolution of HAP by C. albicans or S. mutans w...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Nikawa H,Yamashiro H,Makihira S,Nishimura M,Egusa H,Furukawa M,Setijanto D,Hamada T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mould collection of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn, The Netherlands, was screened for isolates originating from warm-blooded animals. The range of species indicates that distribution of clinically relevant, pathogenic or opportunistic strains over the fungal kingdom is non-random. Some opportunist...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： de Hoog GS,Tan CS,Stalpers JA,Stegehuis G

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans is a widely distributed saprophytic fungus that may cause opportunistic infections in normal and immunocompromised individuals particularly in patients with HIV infection. Disseminated infection in HIV-negative individuals is occasionally seen: a 57-year-old HIV-negative Turkish female initiall...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kokturk N,Ekim N,Kervan F,Arman D,Memis L,Caglar K,Kalkanci A,Demircan S,Kurul C,Akyurek N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00