Metallopeptidase inhibitors arrest vital biological processes in the fungal pathogen Scedosporium apiospermum.

abstract：:Outbreaks of tinea capitis (TC) can be a source of medical and economic burden for healthcare systems; Griseofulvin and terbinafine are considered to be effective first-line treatments for TC. In order to compare the efficacy of griseofulvin and terbinafine for the treatment of TC in a paediatric population of African...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bar J,Samuelov L,Sprecher E,Mashiah J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of onychomycosis with nail dystrophy due to Microsporum gypseum in a healthy 35-year-old woman is described. The infection had a 2-year history, occurring in the site of a nail trauma sustained in a fall from a horse. Diagnosis was based on mycological examination (direct microscope observation and culture). Cl...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Romano C,Ghilardi A,Fimiani M

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Many studies have described the adherence of Candida albicans to epithelial cells but little is known about Candida parapsilosis adhesion and its role in host cell surface recognition. This study was designed to evaluate the correlation between the adherence of 20 C. albicans and 12 C. parapsilosis strains to human bu...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lima-Neto RG,Beltrão EI,Oliveira PC,Neves RP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open study 31 patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for various haematological diseases received fluconazole as prophylaxis or treatment of fungal infections. In 26 of these patients an antecedent oral prophylaxis with polyene antimycotics had failed to prevent infections with Candida species. Five of ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Quabeck K,Müller KD,Beelen DW,Dermoumi H,Kölbel M,Kraft J,Schaefer UW

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The objective of this study was to compare polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fingerprinting with other molecular typing methods as an epidemiologic tool to investigate the transmission of Candida strains between HIV-positive mothers and their children. Forty-nine yeast strains (including Candida albicans, Candida glabra...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ruhnke M,Grosch-Wörner I,Lischewski A,Neubauer A,Steinmüller A,Trautmann M,Morschhäuser J

更新日期：1999-01-01 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

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：:Despite several chemotherapeutic and preventative advances, opportunistic fungal infections remain common unintended consequences of cancer treatment. Currently, cancer patients spend most of their time between treatments at home, where they can inadvertently come across potential hazards from environmental and food s...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ariza-Heredia EJ,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies were performed to assess the stability and lot-to-lot variation of Blastomyces dermatitidis yeast and mycelial phase lysate antigens. Four lots were prepared from each growth phase of B. dermatitidis strain T-58 (canine isolate) during a 14-month period. Serum specimens from dogs with blastomycosis...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Orr ML,Bono JL,Abuodeh RO,Williams SJ,Legendre AM,Scalarone GM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onychomycosis is one of the most common dermatological diseases, primarily caused by dermatophytes, and sometimes, also by yeast and moulds. This study aims to clarify the frequency of isolated pathogens from mycotic toenails in the reference centre of the central Alpine mountain region of South Tyrol, northern Italy....

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gasser J,Pagani E,Vittadello F,Nobile C,Zampieri P,Eisendle K

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Microsporum species are a frequent cause of cutaneous mycoses in humans. Atypical strains of Microsporum can sometimes be difficult to identify with conventional methods. Recently, we have obtained a Microsporum isolate with atypical morphology and special nutritional requirements (Microsporum CHUS-126-02). As several...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Leon-Mateos A,Paredes-Suárez C,Pereiro M Jr,Toribio J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays, which operate at a single temperature and require no postreaction processing, have been described for rapid species-specific detection of numerous fungi. The technology has much less commonly been applied to identification of other key genetic traits such...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： King KM,Hawkins NJ,Atkins S,Dyer PS,West JS,Fraaije BA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phaeohyphomycosis refers to infections caused by phaeoid fungi that can have an aggressive course in normal hosts. We report a case of left-sided renal phaeohyphomycosis due to Bipolaris spicifera in a 7-year-old immunocompetent male child. He presented with fever, dysuria, nausea, vomiting and flank pain. Examination...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kaur R,Bala K

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:We report the case of a 48-year old man who after a disease-free interval of 7 years developed a relapse of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) presenting as pompholyx of the left foot. The patient was first thought to suffer from a dyshidrosic form of tinea pedis due to Trichophyton rubrum. Although the concomitant occurrence of...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Borradori L,Harms M

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different commercial enzyme-linked immunsorbent assays (ELISA) were evaluated in a preliminary study for diagnosis of systemic candidosis: Biomerica and Virotech GmbH, which allowed immunoglobulin G detection, and Platelia, which associated total antibody to antigen detection. They were tested with a home-made ELISA a...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Persat F,Topenot R,Piens MA,Thiebaut A,Dannaoui E,Picot S

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans was maintained in various culture media and incubated with different concentrations of the antifungal agent rilopirox. After fixation, dehydration and embedding in Spurr's medium, the cells were analysed at the ultrastructural level to investigate morphological aspects of the antifungal mode of action...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Reitze HK,Dannhorn DR,Hänel H,Seitz KA

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：: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：:Among fungi, Curvularia inaequalis is a rare pathogen. We report the first case of non-invasive fungal rhinosinusitis caused by this species. Endoscopic sinus surgery revealed massive polyposis and the presence of viscous eosinophilic mucus that allowed the growth of the fungus. We diagnosed eosinophilic fungal rhinos...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Posteraro B,Scarano E,La Sorda M,Torelli R,De Corso E,Mulé A,Paludetti G,Fadda G,Sanguinetti M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a female patient who received a polychemotherapy because of an extensive pemphigus vulgaris. Under this therapy, the general condition of the patient worsened. Noncharacteristic symptoms, such as dyspnoea and tachycardia occurred. In spite of comprehensive, also invasive diagnostics, pulmonary foci demons...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Sima D,Tietz HJ,Reisshauer H,Buchholtz I,Schulze P,Meyer R

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichophyton rubrum is the most frequently isolated dermatophyte species in European countries. The lack or poor sporulation of T. rubrum has always been a major complication and a limiting factor when performing antifungal susceptibility testing. Therefore, we describe an in vitro method aiming to enhance sporulation...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Laurent A,Monod M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to report on three distinct forms of presentation of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in three cirrhotic patients. One patient had disseminated cryptococcosis with detection of the fungus in ascitic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and blood; the second patient had pleural involvement...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： França AV,Carneiro M,dal Sasso K,Souza Cda S,Martinelli A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven clinical and veterinary strains of filamentous Basidiomycetes were compared with 15 reference strains representing the orders Aphyllophorales and Agaricales. The methods used were restriction analysis of small subunit (18S) (SSU) rDNA and internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 2 and variable domain 9 (V9)-ITS...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： de Hoog GS,Gerrits van den Ende AH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00