Effect of media on growth rate and susceptibility testing of Cryptococcus neoformans.

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：:In the present study, we evaluated the occurrence of Malassezia spp. from superficial areas (ear, anus, forehead and back) in 100 healthy pigs. All cultures from anus, forehead and back were negative for Malassezia spp. A total of 73% of pigs were colonized by Malassezia yeasts in the external ear canals. We isolated ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Garau M,del Palacio A,García J

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：:Limited specific data and investigations are available for the diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infection (IFI) in paediatrics cancer patients. Three non-invasive tests; Platelia Aspergillus EIA for galactomannan (GM), β-D-glucan (BDG) assay and pan-fungal real-time PCR for fungal DNA in blood were evaluated. One hundred ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gupta P,Ahmad A,Khare V,Kumar A,Banerjee G,Verma N,Singh M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is general consensus regarding the scarce cross-reactivity existing between Alternaria alternata and other allergenic moulds such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Penicillium notatum or Cladosporium herbarum. However, A. alternata has been shown to have a very significant level of allergenic cross-reactivity with other...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Sáenz-de-Santamaría M,Postigo I,Gutierrez-Rodríguez A,Cardona G,Guisantes JA,Asturias J,Martínez J

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:Due to the different physical-chemical conditions of the therapeutical azoles it is necessary to choose an adequate testing procedure. In the group of azoles caused by its hydrophilia fluconazole susceptibility testing can be handled easily. However it is not possible to take the same test conditions for itraconazole ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tintelnot K,Seibold M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium species have emerged as an important human pathogen in skin disease, onychomycosis, keratitis and invasive disease. Onychomycosis caused by Fusarium spp. The infection has been increasingly described in the immunocompetent and immunosuppressed hosts. Considering onychomycosis is a difficult to treat infection...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Rosa PD,Heidrich D,Corrêa C,Scroferneker ML,Vettorato G,Fuentefria AM,Goldani LZ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of superficial skin mycoses was carried out among miners and office workers employed in different establishments in Jos, Nigeria. Mycotic infection was demonstrable by microscopy and culture in 45 (10.4%) subjects: 20 males and 25 females. Malassezia furfur was the predominant aetiological agent, followed by ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ayanbimpe GH,Bello CS,Gugnani HC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to viral infection are at risk for secondary complications like invasive aspergillosis. Our study evaluates coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) associated invasive aspergillosis at a single centre in Cologne, Germany. METHODS:A retrospective chart r...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Koehler P,Cornely OA,Böttiger BW,Dusse F,Eichenauer DA,Fuchs F,Hallek M,Jung N,Klein F,Persigehl T,Rybniker J,Kochanek M,Böll B,Shimabukuro-Vornhagen A

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：: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：:The role of Malassezia furfur adherence to human stratum corneum cells in vitro was studied. The adherence assay was performed with one strain of M. furfur and stratum corneum cells from 30 healthy individuals and from 28 patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis. Stratum corneum cells from patients with seborrhoeic dermat...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bergbrant IM,Faergemann J

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：: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：:To date, there has been only one published report on the infectious sclerokeratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae, which is an entomopathogenic fungus. Regarding corneal infection, three reports have been published to date. Although the prognoses of the corneal infections are favourable, prognosis when scleral infe...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Eguchi H,Toibana T,Hotta F,Miyamoto T,Mitamura Y,Yaguchi T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant Candida auris has emerged as a cause of insidious hospital outbreaks and complicated infections. We present the analysis of an ongoing C. auris outbreak including the largest published series of C. auris bloodstream infection. All C. auris-positive patients from April-2016 to January-2017 were incl...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ruiz-Gaitán A,Moret AM,Tasias-Pitarch M,Aleixandre-López AI,Martínez-Morel H,Calabuig E,Salavert-Lletí M,Ramírez P,López-Hontangas JL,Hagen F,Meis JF,Mollar-Maseres J,Pemán J

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：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：: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：:This study investigated potential mechanisms of azole resistance among Candida albicans from animals, including efflux pump activity, ergosterol content and gene expression. For this purpose, 30 azole-resistant C. albicans strains from animals were tested for their antifungal susceptibility, according to document M27-...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Rocha MFG,Bandeira SP,de Alencar LP,Melo LM,Sales JA,Paiva MAN,Teixeira CEC,Castelo-Branco DSCM,Pereira-Neto WA,Cordeiro RA,Sidrim JJC,Brilhante RSN

更新日期：2017-07-01 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 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：: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：: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：: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：:The main deep-seated fungal diseases and their encountered pathology in New Caledonia and other islands of the South Pacific are reviewed (1970-96). Cryptococcosis is encountered in all islands of the South Pacific, Australia and Papua New Guinea, with a predominance of variety gattii, which is associated with some sp...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Monchy D,Huerre MR,de Bièvre C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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