Clinical and mycological spectra of Wangiella dermatitidis infections.

abstract：:Fifty-four patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were studied to assess the load of oral carriage of Candida spp. The mean oral Candida carriage density (30,305.93 +/- 56,643.93 CFU ml(-1)) in HIV patients was significantly higher than that seen in the control population (93.48 +/- 358.48 CFU ml(-...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Girish Kumar CP,Menon T,Rajasekaran S,Sekar B,Prabu D

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The work reported here is the first nationwide, multicenter surveillance study conducted in Korea to obtain data on fluconazole susceptibility of Candida albicans (C. albicans) isolates. A total of 1137 isolates of C. albicans obtained from 17 university hospitals in South Korea during the 6-month period, July through...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lee MK,Kim HR,Kang JO,Kim MN,Kim EC,Kim JS,Kim JJ,Park YJ,Song W,Shin JH,Lee KM,Lee NY,Lee M,Lee WG,Lee CK,Lee HJ,Chang CL,Choi TY

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Itraconazole is a lipophilic triazole antifungal with a broad spectrum of activity. Most of the important fungal pathogens respond to itraconazole concentrations of 100 ng/ml. Therefore, itraconazole is suitable for treatment of a variety of systemic mycoses, as aspergillosis, cryptococcosis, candidosis as well as non...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Cauwenbergh G

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the interaction between intravenous ampicillin-sulbactam treatment and (1,3)-beta-D-glucan (BDG) assay. Fifteen patients with a median age of 60 (16-81) without known risk factors for invasive fungal infections who received a daily dose of 3×2g ampicillin-sulbactam monother...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Metan G,Agkus C,Nedret Koc A,Elmali F,Finkelman MA

更新日期：2012-07-01 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 double-blind trial was undertaken in Karonga District, Northern Malawi comparing Whitfield's cream (3% salicylic acid and 6% benzoylic acid) and clotrimazole cream in the treatment of dermatophyte infections of the skin. To date, 138 patients have been reviewed; 65 of these patients received Whitfield's cream and 73...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Pönnighaus JM,Gooskens V,Clayton Y,Mkandawire P,Sterne J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For several years, the Platelia Candida mannan antigen enzyme immunoassay (Candida EIA) has been commercially available as a diagnostic test for invasive candidosis. We evaluated the Candida EIA with patients with proven fungemia caused by yeasts from which at least one serum sample was available. Fifty-nine patients ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Rimek D,Redetzke K,Singh J,Heinrich K,Kappe R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared two phenotypic methods, colony morphotyping on Sabouraudtripheniltetrazolium agar (STTZ) and serotyping, with two genotypic methods, karyotyping and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA bands obtained by PCR amplification (RAPD-PCR), for strain delineation in 33 Candida clinical isolates and two C. albicans st...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Del Castillo L,Bikandi J,Nieto A,Quindós G,Sentandreu R,Pontón J

更新日期：1997-12-01 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

abstract：:The incidence of Candida dubliniensis in oropharyngeal swabs of 132 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and 89 HIV-negative patients was determined. The samples were plated onto CHROMagar Candida medium and 82 strains, presumptively identified as C. albicans or C. dubliniensis, were further investigated (tempe...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Faggi E,Pini G,Campisi E,Martinelli C,Difonzo E

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystosis (PCP) mortality in the U.S. has received less attention in recent years. This study describes recent trends in mortality and the estimated burden of PCP in the U.S., using the national multiple cause of death data during 1999-2014. PCP mortality rates were calculated for age, sex, race and year. Demogra...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wickramasekaran RN,Jewell MP,Sorvillo F,Kuo T

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Paracoccidioidomycosis is a deep mycosis endemic to Latin America, with considerable morbidity and mortality. It is caused by the dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, which affects, among other organs in the human body, the oral cavity. Fungus virulence and immunocompetence of the host determine the establi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Abreu e Silva MÀ,Salum FG,Figueiredo MA,Cherubini K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent observations on reciprocal regulation of humoral and cell-mediated immunity to Candida albicans are presented and their significance in the exploration of the host-fungus-relationship is discussed. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Romani L

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast-like fungus that causes life-threatening infections, particularly in immunocompromised patients. The formation of brown pigment on many media described in the literature, such as that in Niger seed (Guizotia abyssinica) agar, has been used to identify C. neoformans. The...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Mseddi F,Sellami A,Sellami H,Cheikhrouhou F,Makni F,Ayadi A

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：: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：:Combination treatment of paediatric invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has rarely been reported. A total of 17 children with 19 IFI episodes were enrolled in the study. The median age of the patients was 5.3 (range 0.5-17) years. IFI was classified as proven in 4, probable in 12 and possible in 3 episodes. These patien...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Yilmaz D,Balkan C,Ay Y,Akin M,Karapinar B,Kavakli K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an African histoplasmosis case in a 65-year-old Belgian living in Zaire for 46 years. Microscopic bone marrow examination showed Histoplasma. It was confirmed by cultures and hamster inoculation. Autopsy revealed a fungal dissemination by Histoplasma duboisii. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Arendt V,Coremans-Pelseneer J,Gottlob R,Bril T,Bujan-Boza W,Fondu P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tinea faciei is an uncommon dermatophytosis affecting the glabrous skin of the face. Between 1988 and 2007 at the Dermatology Department of Cagliari University, 107 cases of tinea faciei have been diagnosed, involving 72 females and 35 males, aged 2-72 years. Incidence peaks were observed between 6 and 15 years (48.59...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Nicola A,Laura A,Natalia A,Monica P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 62 strains of Candida albicans cultivated from specimens of patients with recurrent vaginal candidosis or with renal transplants, the biotypes were determined according to several characters: colony morphology, production of chlamydospores, auxanogram of C- and N-substances, zymogram, growth kinetics, adherence cap...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tomsíková A,Vraná D,Kotál L

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral terbinafine (Lamisil, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland) is an effective therapy for fungal infections of the skin and nails. A post-marketing surveillance study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of oral terbinafine. A total of 454 patients with clinically and mycologically confirme...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Binder M,Nell G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pomegranate is a wonderful fruit from the paradise which contains a wide variety of precious phytochemical compounds applicable in the fields of therapeutics and health care. Candida albicans is the most common etiological agent for many clinical mycoses which could lead to human and animal death. Determination of the...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tayel AA,El-Tras WF

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonisation of the gastrointestinal tract is influenced by primary microbial exposure and bioactive factors in breastmilk. The aim was to explore the prevalence of oral Candida in the first year of life in relation to selected exposures. Oral Candida was studied in 100 healthy infants at 4 and 8 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 mo...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Stecksén-Blicks C,Granström E,Silfverdal SA,West CE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infection of the capillitium of an 8-year old child due to Microsporum canis is described. The child occasionally visited its mother working at an animal farm. The focus of the infection was found in farm rabbits infected by M. canis. A contamination of the environment (cages and floors) by the above mentioned der...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Simaljaková M,Buchvald J,Olexová B

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：:Histoplasmosis is an important systemic mycosis in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Increasingly cases are recognised in nonendemic areas. Proper management requires recognition of the clinical syndromes caused by Histoplasma capsulatum infection, familiarity with the uses and limitations of the diagnostic tests, an un...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wheat LJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00