Can intravenous antifungal therapy be safely used in the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) setting?

abstract：:The MIC values of the antifungal drug ketoconazole were evaluated on 66 Candida albicans strains. These strains were isolated from 26 HIV-1 infected patients with oral recurrent candidosis. Each episode of oral candidosis observed in these patients was orally treated with ketoconazole (200 mg/day) until the clinical d...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bruatto M,Marinuzzi G,Raiteri R,Sinicco A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by Sporothrix species that affects humans and animals. Little information on the genetic diversity and population structure of the pathogen is available for Brazil, which is needed to design effective strategies to tackle the advance of sporotrichosis in endemi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： da Cruz Bahiense Rocha I,Terra PPD,Cardoso de Oliveira R,Lubianca Zanotti R,Falqueto A,de Camargo ZP,Rodrigues AM,Gonçalves SS

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary The authors report a case of bullous tinea pedis caused by Trichophyton violaceum with dermatophytid reaction in a 26-year-old woman who had been in Africa. Diagnosis was based on mycological examination (direct microscope observation and culture). Recovery was achieved after systemic antimycotic therapy with ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Romano C,Rubegni P,Ghilardi A,Fimiani M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate if there is some relation between the sensitisation to fungi and the occurrence of food hypersensitivity reactions in atopic dermatitis patients aged 14 years and older. Complete dermatological and allergological examination was performed in all included patients; the occurrence o...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Čelakovská J,Bukač J,Ettler K,Vaneckova J,Krcmova I,Ettlerova K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the epidemiology of invasive Candida infection in a tertiary care paediatric hospital. Prospective single-centre survey on all Candida strains isolated from normally sterile fluids and urines in the period 2005-2015 . A total of 299 ICI were documented in 262 patients. Urinary tract infection represented t...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Mesini A,Bandettini R,Caviglia I,Fioredda F,Amoroso L,Faraci M,Mattioli G,Piaggio G,Risso FM,Moscatelli A,Loy A,Castagnola E

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autopsy rates in Germany became low like in other European, American and Asian countries. Main reasons for this development are the lack of acceptance of autopsy in the society as well as in the medical profession, the introduction of a requirement for consent, unclear legal position, the public health system, pre...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Knoke M,Bernhardt H,Schwesinger G

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：: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：:Detection of serum galactomannan (GM) and (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BG) is considered useful for non-culture diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in neutropenic patients. Only few studies evaluated these seromarkers in non-neutropenic patients suspected of having IPA. The aim of this study was to evaluate both ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Dobias R,Jaworska P,Tomaskova H,Kanova M,Lyskova P,Vrba Z,Holub C,Svobodová L,Hamal P,Raska M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) is a life-threatening infection and the diagnosis can be challenging. The objective was to retrospectively explore the value of the RHS in our cohort of 27 patients with mucormycosis and its relation to neutropenia. This was a retrospective study including all patients with a diagnosis of p...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bourcier J,Heudes PM,Morio F,Gastinne T,Chevallier P,Rialland-Battisti F,Garandeau C,Danner-Boucher I,Le Pape P,Frampas E,Moreau P,Defrance C,Peterlin P

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：: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：:A case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides in a 50-year-old housewife is described. The clinical presentation was an ecthyma-like crusted lesion on the back of her left hand. Scanning electron microscopy of the culture showed the conidiophores and the limoniform or ellipsoidal conidia...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Duquia RP,de Almeida HL Jr,Vettorato G,Rocha NM,de Castro LA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 21 patients with aspergillosis of central nervous system seen during the years 1990-1997, 16 (76%) had aspergillosis of sino-cranial origin. The occupation in patients with sino-cranial aspergillosis was either agricultural or manual work and predisposing risk factors were present in only two (12.5%) patients. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Murthy JM,Sundaram C,Prasad VS,Purohit AK,Rammurti S,Laxmi V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a serious threat to immunocompromised and critical care patients. Recent detailed guidelines and treatment algorithms lead microbiologists and clinicians in diagnosis and treatment of invasive aspergillosis. Currently, there is no tool available that allows to measure guideline adhe...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Cornely OA,Koehler P,Arenz D,C Mellinghoff S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient we present herein is a 6-month-old infant who had erythema and scaling on the central part of the face for 4 months. Both the abundant scaling and the localisation, but also the low age of this infant led to suspect seborrhoeic dermatitis. Direct microscopic examination of scales showed septate hyphae and ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Polat M,Artüz F,Karaaslan A,Oztaş P,Lenk N,Alli N

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral aspergillosis usually occurs in severely immunocompromized hosts, is difficult to diagnose, and has a poor prognosis. After 14 months of chronic meningitis, ventriculitis, choroid plexitis, and lumbar arachnoiditis, which was complicated by acute hydrocephalus, Aspergillus, suspected to be from the candidus g...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Moling O,Lass-Floerl C,Verweij PE,Porte M,Boiron P,Prugger M,Gebert U,Corradini R,Vedovelli C,Rimenti G,Mian P

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：: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：: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：:The incidence of tinea incognito (TI) appears to have increased over recent years, although no large series of cases has been reported in children. The aim of this study was to analyse the main epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of TI diagnosed in children in comparison with other tineas. We...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： del Boz J,Crespo V,Rivas-Ruiz F,de Troya M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to estimate the total number of serious fungal infections occurring yearly in Belgium. The number of cryptococcal infections was retrieved from the National Reference Center for Mycosis. Populations at risk and fungal infections frequencies in these populations were used to estimate incidence or prevalence of...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lagrou K,Maertens J,Van Even E,Denning DW

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：: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：: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：:In 20 HIV-patients (17 male homosexuals, 1 male and 1 female i.v. drug abuser and 1 female patient with M. Willebrand-Jürgens) Candida esophagitis was diagnosed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Clinically they presented retrosternal pain or an exacerbation of oral candidosis under local antimycotics. The diagnosis of Ca...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Brockmeyer NH,Hantschke D,Olbricht T,Hengge UA,Goos M

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:We present four cases of interdigital tinea pedis in Italian tourists which was probably acquired in Turkish mosques and holy Muslim places. In all patients mycological examinations were positive for Trichophyton rubrum. All patients were successfully treated with bifonazole cream (one application/day for three weeks)...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Veraldi S,Esposito L,Gorani A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida kefyr is an emerging pathogen able to cause disseminated infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. Although guidelines for the treatment of invasive candidiasis have been published, no specific recommendations against C. kefyr are available. We determine the in vitro killing activity of amphotericin...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Sanchis M,Martin-Vicente A,Capilla J,Guarro J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of an 8-year-old boy suffering from disseminated verrucous lesions with some purulent drainage on his right foot, shank, thigh, scrotum, penis, perianal area and abdomen. Epidermophyton floccosum was isolated from these lesions. The patient was treated with oral ketoconazole for 4 months and the le...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Qiangqiang Z,Limo Q,Qixian Q

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00