Preanalytical conditions for broth microdilution antifungal susceptibility of Microsporum spp.

abstract：:A new semi-solid culture medium was developed by substituting the agar in Sabouraud glucose medium by Lutrol FC 127 (BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany). This culture medium can be liquefied by cooling it down from the incubation temperature to 5-10 degrees C, thus allowing the full harvest of fungal mycelium without any con...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Garg AP,Müller J

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

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：:We describe an African histoplasmosis case in a 65-year-old Belgian living in Zaire for 46 years. Microscopic bone marrow examination showed Histoplasma. It was confirmed by cultures and hamster inoculation. Autopsy revealed a fungal dissemination by Histoplasma duboisii. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Arendt V,Coremans-Pelseneer J,Gottlob R,Bril T,Bujan-Boza W,Fondu P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onychomycosis is common and can mimic several different nail disorders. Accurate diagnosis is essential to choose the optimum antifungal therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) as new non-invasive diagnostic tools in ony...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Rothmund G,Sattler EC,Kaestle R,Fischer C,Haas CJ,Starz H,Welzel J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Scedosporium apiospermum is an emerging agent of opportunistic mycoses in humans. Previously, we showed that mycelia of S. apiospermum secreted metallopeptidases which were directly linked to the destruction of key host proteins. In this study, we analysed the effect of metallopeptidase inhibitors on S. apiospermum de...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Silva BA,Souza-Gonçalves AL,Pinto MR,Barreto-Bergter E,Santos AL

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Dermatophyte infections, while not life-threatening, are very common, and there is great interest in developing new antifungal agents. Transcriptional profiling of Trichophyton on keratin has identified some antioxidant genes as induced on this host substrate, including a thioredoxin gene TmTRX1. If thioredoxin is a v...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Berdicevsky I,Kaufman G,Newman DJ,Horwitz BA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and seventy isolates of Trichophyton rubrum from 182 patients were subjected to susceptibility testing with griseofulvin according to Granade & Artis. A slight modification of the method concerning homogenization procedures gave better growth of controls in our investigation. In 245 cases an MIC could be d...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Scholz R,Meinhof W

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：:Pomegranate is a wonderful fruit from the paradise which contains a wide variety of precious phytochemical compounds applicable in the fields of therapeutics and health care. Candida albicans is the most common etiological agent for many clinical mycoses which could lead to human and animal death. Determination of the...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tayel AA,El-Tras WF

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report about our experiences obtained with the Vitek system (bioMerieux, Nürtingen) for identification of 1160 clinical Candida isolates. The Vitek system correctly identified 1005 (86.6%) Candida isolates (probability > or = 85%): 776 (66.9%) strains were identified after 24 h of incubation, 229 (19.7%) required 4...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schulz K,Bernhardt H,Schröder G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the different physical-chemical conditions of the therapeutical azoles it is necessary to choose an adequate testing procedure. In the group of azoles caused by its hydrophilia fluconazole susceptibility testing can be handled easily. However it is not possible to take the same test conditions for itraconazole ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tintelnot K,Seibold M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although case series of talaromycosis have been reported in China, their detailed clinical and microbiological characteristics have never been systematically profiled. In this study, we report the clinical characteristics, molecular epidemiology, rapid identification and antifungal susceptibilities of talaromycosis in...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lau SKP,Xing F,Tsang CC,Tang JYM,Tan YP,Ye H,Lau RWT,Chen JHK,Lo SKF,Woo PCY

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a neglected fungal disease that elicits an important granulomatous inflammatory reaction which aims to isolate the fungi and resolve the infection; besides the innate cellular response, the patients' sera may contain different levels of antibodies directed against PCM's pathogenic agent...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： de Carli ML,Cardoso BC,Malaquias LC,Nonogaki S,Pereira AA,Sperandio FF,Hanemann JA

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:The epidemiology of two cases of pseudallescheriasis in organ transplant patients are described and the disease in that population is reviewed. Disseminated hospital-acquired infection occurred in a liver transplant recipient and was fatal despite therapy with miconazole. A heart transplant recipient developed localiz...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Patterson TF,Andriole VT,Zervos MJ,Therasse D,Kauffman CA

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：:Trichophyton raubitschekii is a rare dermatophyte which belongs to the Trichophyton rubrum species complex. Since 1981, only a few cases of dermatophytosis due to this anthropophilic causative agent were published. In this paper the authors report the first cases of Tinea corporis caused by Trichophyton raubitschekii ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tietz HJ,Hopp M,Gräser Y

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of dermatophytosis of the face due to Microsporum canis that was exacerbated and altered clinically by a long-term application of topical corticosteroids. We considered this case a rosacea-like tinea incognito of the beard area. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gorani A,Schiera A,Oriani A

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:Limited specific data and investigations are available for the diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infection (IFI) in paediatrics cancer patients. Three non-invasive tests; Platelia Aspergillus EIA for galactomannan (GM), β-D-glucan (BDG) assay and pan-fungal real-time PCR for fungal DNA in blood were evaluated. One hundred ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gupta P,Ahmad A,Khare V,Kumar A,Banerjee G,Verma N,Singh M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orointestinal mycoses are localized mainly in the oral cavity and in the oesophagus. Candida oesophagitis is not only found in AIDS-patients, also in patients of risk admitted to intensive care units. Upper intestinoscopies were made in 124 patients. Oesophageal candidosis was found in 6 patients, two of them had also...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bernhardt J

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:We present a case record of patients with kerion Celsi observed in the Clinic of Dermatology, University of Cagliari (Italy) from 1981 to 1995. Altogether, 31 children (18 male and 13 female) with an age range of 40 days to 12 years were studied. In all cases the lesions were confined to the scalp. In 10 cases the dis...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Aste N,Pau M,Biggio P

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida wangnamkhiaoensis is a species clustered under the Hyphopichia clade has not ever been isolated from any clinical specimens. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of C. wangnamkhiaoensis associated with fungaemia in immunocompromised paediatric patient. The isolate was assigned a strain name a...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tap RM,Ho Betty LS,Ramli NY,Suppiah J,Hashim R,Sabaratnam P,Ginsapu SJ,Gowbei A,Razak MF,Sipiczki M,Ahmad N

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi have been used for a long time in industrial production. Recent developments in biotechnology have lead to an increased awareness of possible health hazards connected with the use of microorganisms in industries. In order to avoid potential risks by appropriate protective measures it is necessary to assess the m...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Meinhof W,Lüders A,Finkeldey E,Balter A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral, pharyngeal and esophageal infections caused by Candida species occur very frequently when it comes to radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. In clinical terms oral candidosis is most often characterized by pseudomembranes or erythema. The erythematous form of oral candidosis has in particular to be distingu...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Poland JM

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：: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