Cost-effectiveness of amphotericin B formulations in the treatment of systemic fungal infections.

abstract：:Both, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis are multifactorial diseases with an unknown pathogenesis. To elucidate the influence of fungal infections in the onset or recurrence of those inflammatory skin disease we determined the frequencies of Candida and dermatophyte infections of the skin and orointestinal tract concomit...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Henseler T,Tausch I

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Candida antibodies were determined in 2053 sera with an indirect hemagglutination test (HAT; Labor Diagnostika, Heiden, Germany) and with an enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) which detects IgG antibodies (Institut Virion, Würzburg, Germany). Antigen diagnostics was performed with the Cand-Tec-test (Ramco, Houston, USA)....

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Werle E,Kappe R,Fiehn W,Sonntag HG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility and development of resistance to 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) in Candida strains isolated from defined German groups of probands was investigated. 5-FC susceptibility was determined in a microdilution assay in yeast nitrogen base after 24 h of incubation at 37 degrees C. The range of 5-FC concentration inves...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Weber S,Polak A

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a leading cause of death in the intensive care unit (ICU), with Candida spp. in the forefront among the important pathogens. As recent studies have shown, survival outcome is strongly influenced by adequate antifungal therapy at an early stage that is often delayed by the time lag associated with microbiolog...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Glöckner A,Karthaus M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHROMagar Candida is a new differential culture medium that allows selective isolation of yeasts and simultaneously identifies colonies of Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida tropicalis and Candida krusei. We evaluated this medium and compared it with a reference medium, Sabouraud glucose agar, for the presump...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Willinger B,Manafi M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old female suffering from full-blown AIDS received fluconazole 400 mg day-1 for a long period for treatment of oral candidosis, pseudomembranous type. She had previously received this drug repeatedly for the same reason, yet manifest disease persisted. She was therefore put on parenteral amphotericin B, whic...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Thomas-Greber E,Korting HC,Bogner J,Goebel FD

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:During the last decade cryptococcoses were most frequently diagnosed in AIDS patients, where serologically high amounts of glucoronoxylomannan (GXM) were detectable. Disseminated cryptococcoses without cryptococcal antigen detection is unusual. Between August and October 1998 disseminated cryptococcoses were diagnosed...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tintelnot K,Adler S,Bergmann F,Schönherr K,Seibold M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised and critically ill patients. Standard culture based methods for the diagnosis of Aspergillus infections have limited sensitivity and specificity and are time consuming. The recent availability of novel molecular based diagnostic te...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Faber J,Moritz N,Henninger N,Zepp F,Knuf M

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：: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：:Heat shock proteins (Hsp) are highly conserved molecules, which are both constitutively expressed and up-regulated in response to various stress conditions. In particular, fungal Hsp60 can act as immunodominant antigens and facilitate powerful immunological properties. A possible cellular heat shock response was inves...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Raggam RB,Salzer HJ,Marth E,Heiling B,Paulitsch AH,Buzina W

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Zygomycoses are very rare invasive fungal infections (IFI). They primarily occur in the immunocompromised patients and are associated with a high mortality. During the last years, a rising incidence of zygomycosis in patients undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been reported, whic...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Glöckner A,Vehreschild JJ,Cornely OA

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Two Candida albicans isolates were collected from a HIV-positive patient with recurrent oropharyngeal candidosis (OPC). One isolate was taken during the first episode of oral candidosis [fluconazole susceptible (FLU-S), minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) = 0.25 mg l(-1) ] and the second after the patient developed...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schulz B,Weber K,Schmidt A,Borg-von Zepelin M,Ruhnke M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although human immundeficiency virus (HIV) infection is endemic in Southeast Asia, data on oral mycotic flora in this disease in Asians are sparse. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Candida species in HIV-infected Cambodians with oral candidosis, unexposed (group 1) and exposed to antimycotics (...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schmidt-Westhausen AM,Bendick C,Reichart PA,Samaranayake LP

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is one of the most common opportunistic infections of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), as well as an important cause of hospitalisation and death. In recent years, the mortality of CM has remained high in HIV/AIDS population, with up to 30%, including within developed countries. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wu X,Shen Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Cryptococcus gattii species complex has evolved as a pathogen in the last two decades causing infection among both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. We aimed to analyse the clinical features of CNS infection caused by C. gattii sensu lato, molecular and antifungal susceptibility profile of this pathogen. Ca...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lahiri Mukhopadhyay S,Bahubali VH,Manjunath N,Swaminathan A,Maji S,Palaniappan M,Parthasarathy S,Chandrashekar N

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Prior clinical trials have demonstrated efficacy and effectiveness of posaconazole in the prophylaxis of invasive fungal diseases in high-risk patients. Controversy exists about the cost-effectiveness of this approach. We performed an analysis comparing the direct costs of posaconazole prophylaxis against polyene mout...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Heimann SM,Cornely OA,Vehreschild MJ,Glossmann J,Kochanek M,Kreuzer KA,Hallek M,Vehreschild JJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting Aspergillus galactomannan was evaluated with 66 serum samples and 113 specimens of the respiratory tract obtained from 52 patients with pulmonary diseases. The patients were divided into five groups: proven invasive pulmonary aspergi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Siemann M,Koch-Dörfler M

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Fungal infections of the maxillary sinus are frequently caused by Aspergillus species, particularly A. fumigatus. In otherwise healthy persons there is an association with overfilling of dental root canals, when zinc-containing filling materials were used. Below, a maxillary sinus aspergilloma is reported in a young i...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Horré R,Schumacher G,Marklein G,Krömer B,Wardelmann E,Gilges S,De Hoog GS,Wahl G,Schaal KP

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular characterization of Malassezia spp. isolates from animals and humans has not been thoroughly studied. We have analysed the DNA profile by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR to compare the genetic diversity between isolates from the external ears of cattle, dogs and humans. The analysis of electr...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Duarte ER,Hamdan JS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) after cytotoxic chemotherapy or haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are at risk for life-threatening invasive fungal disease (IFD). The aim was to evaluate the characteristics, antifungal therapy and outcome of adult patients with ALL after chemotherapy or ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kiehl MG,Egerer G,Engelhardt M,Gross B

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare phospholipase production between fluconazole-resistant and fluconazole-susceptible strains of Candida albicans in order to explore the relationship between resistance to antifungal drugs and virulence of C. albicans. Fifteen each of fluconazole-resistant (MIC ≥ 64 μg ml(-1)) ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ying S,Chunyang L

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a major opportunistic infection in haematology patients. Preventive measures are important to control IA because diagnosis is difficult and the outcome of treatment is poor. We prospectively examined the environmental contamination by Aspergillus and other fungal species and evaluated th...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Hadrich I,Makni F,Sellami H,Cheikhrouhou F,Sellami A,Bouaziz H,Hdiji S,Elloumi M,Ayadi A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00