Diagnostic problems with imported cases of mycetoma in The Netherlands.

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 effect of three azole antifungals on inducible nitric oxide (iNOS) activity in different mouse and human cells was evaluated. The iNOS activity was determined by L-citrulline and nitrite measurement. In the murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7, in mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM) and in human colorectal adenoca...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Vermuyten K,Laurijssens L,Vanden Bossche H

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An atypical strain of Microsporum canis was isolated in our laboratory, which was characterized by a variety of polymorphous macroconidia. These are demonstrated by illustrations. Based on our observation and literature, the relationship between Microsporum canis and Microsporum distortum is discussed. Epidemiologic a...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Brasch J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Light microscopy to study the infection of fungi in skin specimens is time-consuming and requires automation. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to design and explore the application of an automated microscope for fungal detection in skin specimens. METHODS:An automated microscope was designed, and a deep learning model w...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gao W,Li M,Wu R,Du W,Zhang S,Yin S,Chen Z,Huang H

更新日期：2020-11-10 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：:Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a thermally dimorphic fungus agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a deep-seated systemic infection of humans with high prevalence in Latin America. Until now no vaccine has been reported. Ionizing radiation can be used to attenuate pathogens for vaccine development and we have successfully...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Demicheli MC,Goes AM,de Andrade AS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforative eye injuries in two patients were complicated by fulminant endophthalmitis. In both patients the cornea was free of micro-organisms. Vitrectomy of the posterior pars plana was performed and the contents of the vitreous body were examined mycologically and bacteriologically. Fusarium moniliforme var. subglu...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Srdić N,Radulović S,Nonković Z,Velimirović S,Cvetković L,Vico I

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic value of serum Candida mannan antigen (MN) and anti-mannan IgG and IgM antibodies for candidiasis. METHODS:This study was a prospective cohort study. Clinical data and venous blood samples from 23 medical centres in Beijing, China were collected between 1 January 2017 and 31 December...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wang K,Luo Y,Zhang W,Xie S,Yan P,Liu Y,Li Y,Ma X,Xiao K,Fu H,Cai J,Xie L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serological responses to Cryptococcus neoformans proteins of blood donors and HIV patients with active cryptococcosis from a tropical region were investigated in this study. Exposure to C. neoformans, an organism ubiquitous in the environment, contributes to the antibody responses observed in the blood donors. IgG...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Chai HC,Tay ST

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite several chemotherapeutic and preventative advances, opportunistic fungal infections remain common unintended consequences of cancer treatment. Currently, cancer patients spend most of their time between treatments at home, where they can inadvertently come across potential hazards from environmental and food s...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ariza-Heredia EJ,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) is the most current revelation mode of AIDS in French Guiana. We describe the clinical and paraclinical presentation of DH, diagnostic tools, evolution and factors associated with 1-year mortality in HIV-infected patients from western French Guiana. Microbiologically proven AIDS-relate...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Putot A,Perrin S,Jolivet A,Vantilcke V

更新日期：2015-03-01 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

abstract：:Orointestinal mycoses are localized mainly in the oral cavity and in the oesophagus. Candida oesophagitis is not only found in AIDS-patients, also in patients of risk admitted to intensive care units. Upper intestinoscopies were made in 124 patients. Oesophageal candidosis was found in 6 patients, two of them had also...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bernhardt J

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:A case of localized cutaneous cryptococcosis successfully treated with oral itraconazole is reported. The patient, a 63-year-old Japanese housewife, had had an erythematous and partly eroded lesion in the area of her right earlobe for about 10 months. No findings suggesting a primary focus of Cryptococcus infection we...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Sato T,Koseki S,Takahashi S,Maie O

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium prolificans is a saprophytic fungus responsible for an increasing number of infections among immunocompromised hosts. Most disseminated S. prolificans infections prove fatal due to persistent neutropenia, and inherited resistance to currently available antifungal drugs. The authors report a fatal case of ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Song MJ,Lee JH,Lee NY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 36 extracts derived from 29 plant species selected using an ethnobotanical approach were tested for antifungal activity against a taxonomically diverse group of 13 human pathogenic fungi. We compared the inhibitory characteristics of these plant extracts with those of the commonly used antifungals, amph...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ficker CE,Arnason JT,Vindas PS,Alvarez LP,Akpagana K,Gbéassor M,De Souza C,Smith ML

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relevance of infections with moulds in humans is increasing. Relevant genera are Alternaria, Cladosporium, Scopulariopsis, and Fusarium. Fusarium thereby is characterized by typical makroconidia and special makroscopical features. Known as pathogen in plants the fungi can also cause intoxications and - more seldom...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Seyfarth F,Hipler UC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secreted aspartyl proteinases (Saps) of Candida albicans have been implicated as immunodominant antigens and virulence factors associated with adherence and tissue invasion. A hybrid phage displaying the Sap epitope VKYTS was constructed by cloning the corresponding DNA fragments into the pfd88 vector. Similar to ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Yang Q,Su QP,Wang GY,Wen DZ,Zhang YH,Bao HZ,Wang L

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by dermathophytes in the scrotal skin are uncommon especially due to Microsporum gypseum, which may form scutular or favus-like lesions. We report two patients with this type of tinea: one immune suppressed by HIV infection and another immunocompetent without comorbidity. In the literature we found o...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Prochnau A,de Almeida HL Jr,Souza PR,Vetoratto G,Duquia RP,Defferrari R

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Despite the existence of endemic mycoses in Latin America and the Caribbean, in addition to a large population of patients at risk for invasive mycoses, the capability of medical centres to perform a proper diagnosis in mycology has not been studied in the region. Moreover, availability of antifungal drugs in the regi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Falci DR,Pasqualotto AC

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using rose bengal or erythrosine with light emitting diode (LED) on Candida albicans planktonic cultures and biofilms. Seven C. albicans clinical strains and one standard strain (ATCC 18804) were used. Planktonic cultures and biofilms of e...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Costa AC,Rasteiro VM,Pereira CA,Rossoni RD,Junqueira JC,Jorge AO

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Candidaemia carries a mortality of up to 40% and may be related to increasing complexity of medical care. Here, we determined risk factors for the development of candidaemia. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, multi-centre, case-control study over 12 months. Cases were aged ≥18 years with at least one bloo...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Keighley CL,Pope A,Marriott DJE,Chapman B,Bak N,Daveson K,Hajkowicz K,Halliday C,Kennedy K,Kidd S,Sorrell TC,Underwood N,van Hal S,Slavin MA,Chen SC

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histoplasmosis is a frequent fungal infection in HIV/AIDS patients, with high morbimortality rates when diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Antibody detection, which is faster than the gold standard culture test, hastens the laboratory investigation. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the role of WB for antibody detec...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Almeida MA,Damasceno LS,Pizzini CV,Muniz MM,Almeida-Paes R,Zancopé-Oliveira RM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1921 specimens from nine clinical sources were examined by direct microscopy and culture to recover yeast associated with human infection. Identification of yeast was based on their carbon assimilation patterns, using API 20C AUX and ID 32 C (bioMérieux, France) commercial kits. A total of 178 specimens (9....

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Abia-Bassey LN,Utsalo SJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pityriasis versicolor (p.v.) is a superficial mycosis occurring frequently on the face. Epidemiological and clinical data regarding cases of p.v. on the face over a period of 11 years are discussed and some explanation given for conditions which favour facial involvement. This study underlines that face lesions of p.v...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Terragni L,Lasagni A,Oriani A

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1400 pupils from two public primary schools in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria, who were screened for dermatophyte infection, 188 (13.4%) were infected. The causative agents isolated included Microsporum audouinii in 88 (46.8%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes in 48 (25.5%), T. rubrum in 40 (21.3%), T. tonsurans in four (2....

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Enweani IB,Ozan CC,Agbonlahor DE,Ndip RN

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00