[Treatment of superficial mycoses in the tropics. Results of a double-blind study in the Karonga District, Malawi].

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation (aSCT) are at high risk to develop an invasive fungal disease (IFD). Optimisation of antifungal prophylaxis strategies may improve patient outcomes and reduce treatment costs. OBJECTIVES:To analyse the clinical and economical impact of using continuou...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wingen-Heimann SM,Cornely OA,J G T Vehreschild M,Wisplinghoff H,Franke B,Schons M,von Bergwelt-Baildon M,Scheid C,Vehreschild JJ

更新日期：2020-12-22 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：:A 36-year-old HIV-infected male patient presented with relapsing fever episodes to 39 degrees C, night sweats and weight loss. Computerized tomography of the abdomen showed enlarged multiple lymph nodes. After surgical resection of multiple lymph nodes, disseminated infection with Histoplasma capsulatum was diagnosed....

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Rieg GK,Shah PM,Helm EB,Just-Nübling G

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast cultures of Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii and H. capsulatum var. capsulatum in collagen containing defined, semi-defined and complex media produced extracellular collagenolytic proteinases, assayed using 4-phenylazo-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-propyl-L-leucyl- glycyl-L-propyl-D-arginine, a specific collagenase su...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Okeke CN,Müller J

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 165 sporotrichosis cases occurring in Nagasaki prefecture, and examined at Nagasaki University Hospital, were evaluated. Both males and females were equally affected, with no significant differences in the affected body regions. Lesions were frequently seen on the face (49 cases, 29.5%) and upper limbs (101...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Takenaka M,Yoshizaki A,Utani A,Nishimoto K

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:A 29-year-old woman with swelling, multiple nodules and discharging sinuses of her right foot is presented. A single nodule on the sole was excised 15 years ago and since then she has had recurrent attacks of swelling and discharging sinuses that improved partially with antibiotics. Magnetic resonance images (MRI) rev...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gündüz K,Orgüç S,Demireli P,Inanir I,Sürücüoglu S,Ovali GY

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspofungin is a member of the echinocandin class of antifungal compounds that inhibit 1,3-β-d-Glucan synthase. As patient exposure to caspofungin (CAS) broadens, the number of infecting strains with reduced susceptibility to this drug is expected to rise. In the present study, the in vitro effects of varying concentr...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Dunyach C,Drakulovski P,Bertout S,Jouvert S,Reynes J,Mallié M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Aspergillus fumigatus group splits into the anamorphic A. fumigatus series and the teleomorphic Neosartorya fischeri series. The species A. fumigatus Fresenius is the most common species within the A. fumigatus series. Forty-seven clinical isolates out of the A. fumigatus group were obtained from patients with dis...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schmidt A,Wolff MH

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One atypical isolate of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans was isolated from an Italian patient with vulvovaginitis. The strain, germ tube positive and chlamydospore-negative showed white-thin turquoise colonies on Candida ID 2 medium. The yeast was identified as Candida africana by using morphological and biochemi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Romeo O,Criseo G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work presents the epidemiology of dermatomycoses and their etiological agents of people living in the Lódź region, Central Poland, over the years 1987-1996. The analysis involved subjects referred by physicians to three major mycological laboratories in Lódź (covering the entire mycological diagnostics of the Lód...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Seneczko F,Lupa S,Jeske J,Głowacka A,Ochecka-Szymańska A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening of 217 soil samples of different habitats, such as PG study centre, garden, farmhouse, nursery, roadside, hostel, animal habitat, bird habitat, marriage garden, temple, vegetable market and house dust, was carried out for the presence of dermatophytes and related fungi in relation to soil pH. A total of 461 ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Jain N,Sharma M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Candida albicans is the fourth most germ that can be identified on surgical intensive care unit (SICU). During the course of severe peritonitis recognition of Candida is crucial for physicians but interpretation of Candida-positive microbiologic samples is difficult. The indication for antimycotic therapy requires dif...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kujath P,Bouchard R,Nolde J,Scheele J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over-expression of multidrug efflux transporters causes Candida albicans cells to be resistant to azole antifungal agents. There are several kinds of indicator for multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype of higher eukaryotic cells. Calcein AM is a prefluorochrome that is known as a substrate for multidrug efflux transpor...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Yang HC,Mikami Y,Imai T,Taguchi H,Nishimura K,Miyaji M,Branchini ML

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:Invasive aspergillosis predominantly occurs in patients with impaired host defence and is often resistant to different therapeutically strategies. However, mortality significantly increases if the central nervous system is affected. In this report, we describe a case of successful treatment of invasive aspergillosis w...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kaffarnik M,Utzolino S,Blaich A,Hopt UT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breakthrough invasive fungal infections (IFIs) have emerged as a significant problem in patients receiving systemic antifungals; however, consensus criteria for defining breakthrough IFI are missing. This position paper establishes broadly applicable definitions of breakthrough IFI for clinical research. Representativ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Cornely OA,Hoenigl M,Lass-Flörl C,Chen SC,Kontoyiannis DP,Morrissey CO,Thompson GR 3rd,Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSG-ERC) and the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM).

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine zinc, copper and iron levels, erythrocyte oxidant/antioxidant status, vitamin C and β-carotene in dogs with dermatophytosis. A total of 23 dogs with clinically established diagnosis of dermatophytosis by trichogram and positive fungal culture and six dogs as control were included ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Beigh SA,Soodan JS,Singh R,Khan AM,Dar MA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucormycosis, previously termed as zygomycosis, is caused by fungi belonging to the order Mucorales and is a very severe disease in immunocompromised patients with an often unfavourable outcome. Given the high morbidity and mortality of mucormycosis, establishing a timely diagnosis followed by immediate treatment is o...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tacke D,Koehler P,Markiefka B,Cornely OA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 133 Candida spp. strains originating from a group of 100 patients from Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, between March 1995 and December 1996, were first identified and classified into six different species: Candida albicans (51%), C. tropicalis (33%), C. parapsilosis (8%), C. glabrata (...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Resende JC,de Resende MA,Saliba JL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive fungal disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children with cancer and high-risk febrile neutropenia (HRFN). Repeated serum galactomannan (sGM) measurements have been described as an effective tool to guide therapy in adults under suspicion of invasive aspergillosis. However, the uti...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Delgado-Araneda M,Valenzuela R,de la Maza V,Rabello M,Álvarez AM,Contardo V,Zubieta M,Gutierrez V,Claverie X,Torres JP,Salgado C,Tordecilla J,Varas M,Avilés CL,Venegas M,Villarroel M,Santolaya ME

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty cases of corneal ulcers from the Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Madras, were investigated during 1980-1982 for the mycoflora. 68 cases (45%) were positive for fungi, comprising species of Aspergillus (36 cases), Penicillium, Fusarium (8 cases each), Curvularia (4 cases), Candida albicans and Muc...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Sundaram BM,Badrinath S,Subramanian S

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycetoma is a pathological process in which fungal or actinomycotic agents of exogenous origin produce grains. In the absence of data on the global burden, it is important to map mycetoma cases, which are useful to implement control strategies. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to map mycetoma cases...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Badiane AS,Ndiaye M,Diongue K,Diallo MA,Seck MC,Ndiaye D

更新日期：2020-03-01 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