Prevalence of the reversed halo sign in neutropenic patients compared with non-neutropenic patients: Data from a single-centre study involving 27 patients with pulmonary mucormycosis (2003-2016).

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：:The localisation of a dermatophytosis on the face is rare. Differential diagnoses include a broad range of dermatological disorders, e. g. contact dermatitis, psoriasis vulgaris, seborrhoeic dermatitis, demodicosis, and polymorphic photo eruptions. Two patients suffering from tinea faciei incognito caused by Trichophy...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Nenoff P,Mügge C,Herrmann J,Keller U

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cryptococcosis is frequently associated to the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in AIDS patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). This study aimed to evaluate clinical and evolutive features of IRIS associated cryptococcosis patients in Uberaba, Brazil. PATIENTS:Eighty-one ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： da Cunha Colombo ER,Mora DJ,Silva-Vergara ML

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of Aspergillus flavus pericarditis treated with fluconazole for oral candidosis. The patient with acute myeloblastic leukaemia developed tachypnoea after antileukaemic chemotherapy. Pericardial effusion was seen in the echocardiogram. Aspergillus flavus was isolated from the pericardial fluid. The pat...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gökahmetoğlu S,Koç AN,Patiroğlu T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to evaluate the in vitro activity of voriconazole compared with those of amphotericin B, itraconazole and fluconazole against 132 bloodstream isolates of Candida non-albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae species. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined by an adapted National Committee ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Swinne D,Watelle M,Van der Flaes M,Nolard N

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to conduct a survey of fungi in activated sludge plants with membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Thirty-six samples of both aerobic and anoxic activated sludge were taken from two plants with MBRs treating domestic wastewater. Over a period of 8 months, two samples from each plant were take...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Awad MF,Kraume M

更新日期：2011-09-01 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 main deep-seated fungal diseases and their encountered pathology in New Caledonia and other islands of the South Pacific are reviewed (1970-96). Cryptococcosis is encountered in all islands of the South Pacific, Australia and Papua New Guinea, with a predominance of variety gattii, which is associated with some sp...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Monchy D,Huerre MR,de Bièvre C

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：:Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous, subcutaneous disease endemic in tropical and subtropical countries. It is currently a health problem in rural areas of Africa, Asia and South America. Nine cases of mycetoma were analysed in a retrospective study. All isolates were identified by morphological features. The level of...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Rojas OC,León-Cachón RB,Moreno-Treviño M,González GM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It was shown previously that dermatophytes can markedly be inhibited by a photochemical treatment with curcumin. This kind of photo-inactivation needs to be improved, however, because curcumin is poorly water-soluble. Therefore, a new water-soluble γ-cyclodextrin formulation of curcuminoids was tested for ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Brasch J,Beck-Jendroschek V,Walther G,Rubbel D

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:The amount of protein released into liquid culture medium and weight loss were taken as measures of wool degradation by Trichophyton simii and Aspergillus niger. Protein released into the culture medium was observed to be greater after T. simii treatment than after A. niger treatment. Sulphitolysis was shown by T. sim...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Shrivastava JN,Ghawana VK,Kumar A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we evaluated the occurrence of Malassezia spp. from superficial areas (ear, anus, forehead and back) in 100 healthy pigs. All cultures from anus, forehead and back were negative for Malassezia spp. A total of 73% of pigs were colonized by Malassezia yeasts in the external ear canals. We isolated ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Garau M,del Palacio A,García J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycological and/or bacteriological studies were performed on 294 samples isolated from the external auditory control (EAC). It was observed that 185 (81.5%) of the mycological analysis were negative while 42 (18.5%) were positive with the following distribution: 22 Candida (9.7%), 15 Aspergillus (6.5%) and five associ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Amigot SL,Gomez CR,Luque AG,Ebner G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of subcutaneous mucormycosis in a diabetic patient with verrucous lesions in the fourth finger of the right hand. Initially diagnosed as a fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis case, success was obtained with the use of potassium iodide with healing of the lesion in a period of nearly 5 months. At p...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Costa AR,Porto E,Tayah M,Valente NY,Lacaz Cda S,Maranhão WM,Rodrigues MC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cerebral mucormycosis in a 28-year-old male who was affected by chronic myeloid leukaemia and underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Nine months post-transplantation, he was admitted to the hospital with fever, bilateral eyelid oedema and neutropenia. X-ray analysis showed numerous areas...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Cavrini F,Stanzani M,Liguori G,Sambri V

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:From stratum corneum samples of a palmar eczema, a fungus was isolated that developed white colonies with a yellowish dark reverse, suggestive of dermatophytes. The isolate produced numerous chlamydospores and sparse aleuroconidia, was resistant to cycloheximide, grew well on human stratum corneum samples and was posi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Brasch J,Beck-Jendroscheck V,Voss K,Yurkov A,Stchigel AM,Gräser Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old Japanese man without apparent immunosuppression presented with nodules with purulent drainage on the right lower leg. He had ringworm of the right leg and tinea unguium. A biopsy specimen of the nodule showed intradermal abscesses with fungal elements, and Trichophyton rubrum was cultured from both the p...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Inaoki M,Nishijima C,Miyake M,Asaka T,Hasegawa Y,Anzawa K,Mochizuki T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-year study was conducted on 151 patients with finger- or toenail disease attending a dermatology clinic in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Nail scrapings and or clippings were collected and investigated with a KOH preparation for direct microscopy and cultured for fungi. Eighty-nine (59%) patients were females. Most...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Nsanze H,Lestringant GG,Mustafa N,Usmani MA

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：: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：:Exophiala is a genus of black fungi isolated worldwide from environmental and clinical specimens. Data on antifungal susceptibility of Exophiala isolates are limited and the methodology on susceptibility testing is not yet standardised. In this study, we investigated in vitro antifungal susceptibilities of environment...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gülmez D,Doğan Ö,Boral B,Döğen A,İlkit M,de Hoog GS,Arikan-Akdagli S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using intraperitoneal (i. p.) infection of mice with Candida albicans we determined which parameters might be useful for characterization of virulence in this model. Upon i. p. infection of mice with two reference strains striking differences in lethality were detected. These differences in virulence corresponded with...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kretschmar M,Bertsch T,Göller M,Schaller M,Hof H,Nichterlein T

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) is not considered an rare, opportunistic infection anymore. The immunocompetent population accounts for an increasing proportion of the morbidity. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the clinical characteristics of PC patients spanning 20 years, in a referral centre of China. PA...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Hou X,Kou L,Han X,Zhu R,Song L,Liu T

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:The wide spectrum of candidiasis and its clinical importance encourage the research with the purpose of clarifying the mechanisms of pathogenicity and identification of virulence factors of Candida sp. Therefore, the aim of this study was to verify the adhesion capacity, protease activity and genotypic diversity of or...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： da Costa KR,Ferreira JC,Lavrador MA,Baruffi MD,Candido RC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terbinafine was remarkably effective in tinea barbae due to Trichophyton rubrum on the cheek in front of the right ear in a 75-year-old man. This patient also showed tinea pedis and unguium, but these were due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes and were unrelated to the tinea in the cheek. This patient showed an atypical ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tanuma H,Doi M,Nishiyama S,Katsuoka K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00