abstract：:The aim of this study was to genotype Candida albicans strains isolated from patients with invasive and non-invasive deep-seated infections. For this purpose, 301 C. albicans isolates (81 invasive and 220 non-invasive) were genotyped by using specific PCR primers designed to span the transposable group I intron of the...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Karahan ZC,Güriz H,Ağirbaşli H,Balaban N,Göçmen JS,Aysev D,Akar N

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of septic arthritis of multiple joints in an 18-year-old male caused by Aspergillus fumigatus. His initial presentation was of low-grade fever followed by involvement of both knee and ankle joints. Later, there was also involvement of metacarpophalangeal joints. Diagnosis was based on biopsy and cultu...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Mekan SF,Saeed O,Khan JA

更新日期：2004-12-01 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

abstract：:The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC, microg ml-1) of itraconazole and terbinafine against overall 34 Aspergillus isolates from the external ear canals with otomycosis have been determined with M38-P microdilution method suggested by National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). MIC intervals in ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Karaarslan A,Arikan S,Ozcan M,Ozcan KM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstituted multilayered oesophageal epithelium appears to be a good basis to test the efficacy of voriconazole (VOR) and fluconazole (FLU) in the tissue. The resulting model of a Candida oesophagitis was approaching the in vivo situation. We infected the tissue with 2 x 10(6) cfu of the Candida albicans strain SC53...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bernhardt J,Bernhardt H,Knoke M,Ludwig K

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Pichia anomala is an emerging yeast causing serious nosocomial infections in newborn and immunocompromised children. We describe nosocomial port catheter infection due to P. anomala in three children who were receiving cancer chemotherapy, bloodstream infection in a preterm infant and in an infant with severe combined...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bakir M,Cerikcioğlu N,Tirtir A,Berrak S,Ozek E,Canpolat C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two topical formats containing clotrimazole [500 mg single dose vaginal tablet (VT) or 10% single dose vaginal cream (VC) for intravaginal use] combined with additional clotrimazole cream for topical application to the vulval area (Canesten 1 Combi, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany) were compared with oral fluconazole 15...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Mendling W,Krauss C,Fladung B

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, Fusarium species isolated from 29 patients with mycotic keratitis were identified and tested for their ability to produce mycotoxins. Members of the F. solani species complex (Fs complex) were the predominant species isolated, followed by F. verticillioides, F. dimerum, members of the F. oxysporum speci...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Naiker S,Odhav B

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:The adherence and dissociation of Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, Streptococcus mutans and S. sanguis to six substrates including hydroxylapatite (HAP) which exhibit various hydrophobicity, was examined by the use of a bioluminescent adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay. Dissolution of HAP by C. albicans or S. mutans w...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Nikawa H,Yamashiro H,Makihira S,Nishimura M,Egusa H,Furukawa M,Setijanto D,Hamada T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycological and/or bacteriological studies were performed on 294 samples isolated from the external auditory control (EAC). It was observed that 185 (81.5%) of the mycological analysis were negative while 42 (18.5%) were positive with the following distribution: 22 Candida (9.7%), 15 Aspergillus (6.5%) and five associ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Amigot SL,Gomez CR,Luque AG,Ebner G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 65-year-old diabetic patient, who developed a deep fungal infection in the beard region after initial therapy with systemic antibiotics and topical corticosteroids. We were able to isolate Trichophyton mentagrophytes and treated him successfully with terbinafine 250 mg day(-1) orally in combination with...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Hohaus K,Vennewald I,Wollina U

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Candida species with and without denture-related stomatitis were evaluated in 167 Jordanian patients. The study revealed that 47 (28%) of the patients with denture-related stomatitis were colonized with Candida species (clinical group). Candida albicans was responsible for most cases of denture-relat...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Dar-Odeh NS,Shehabi AA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium prolificans infections of normal hosts usually require extensive debridement and sometimes amputation to effect cure, due to the intrinsic resistance of this species to available antifungal agents. Newer agents have not tested favourably. Variable results are obtained with voriconazole, and 100% resistanc...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gosbell IB,Toumasatos V,Yong J,Kuo RS,Ellis DH,Perrie RC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate a possible effect of optical brighteners on the growth of dermatophytes. Typical strains of Trichophyton rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis and Epidermophyton floccosum were grown on agar plates containing two different brighteners of stilbenedisulfonic acid type in c...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Brasch J,Kreiselmaier I,Christophers E

更新日期：2003-04-01 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 report deals with three patients, who developed paracoccidioidomycosis in Europe after having been in South America 50, 25 and 38 years before, respectively. The conditions for the long period of quiescent infection and for the late manifestations are discussed. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ginarte M,Pereiro M Jr,Toribio J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New antifungal agents are needed to match the currently increasing rate of systemic fungal infections and the development of resistant fungal strains. This appears possible by the introduction of second generation azole antifungals which potently inhibit ergosterol synthesis, but also by a partial synthetic echinocand...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schäfer-Korting M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytostatic chemotherapy of hematological malignancies if often complicated by neutropenia, which increases the risk of infections, especially if the neutrophil count is below 500/ml. Frequently, fever is the first and in most patients the only sign of an infection. Unexplained fever is defined as follows: temperature ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Link H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different commercial enzyme-linked immunsorbent assays (ELISA) were evaluated in a preliminary study for diagnosis of systemic candidosis: Biomerica and Virotech GmbH, which allowed immunoglobulin G detection, and Platelia, which associated total antibody to antigen detection. They were tested with a home-made ELISA a...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Persat F,Topenot R,Piens MA,Thiebaut A,Dannaoui E,Picot S

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:In pathogenicity studies of 31 Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolates preserved using Castellani's method we intraperitoneally inoculated 104 young adult hamsters and found laminated concentric structures and calcified appearance that resembled Schaumann bodies, in 43 of them, especially in animals with apparently goo...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Essayag SM,Landaeta ME,Hartung C,Magaldi S,Spencer L,Suárez R,García F,Pérez E

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：: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：:Candida albicans, the most important opportunistic fungal pathogen, is able to generate remarkable amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Since ROS are highly cytotoxic, this mechanism may contribute to the pathogenicity of this yeast, including its invasiveness and the inflammatory response of the host. Terbinafin...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Sander CS,Hipler UC,Wollina U,Elsner P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was performed in two primary schools with different socioeconomic status in the suburban and central areas of Manisa, Turkey, in order to determine the prevalence of tinea pedis and onychomycosis. A full dermatological examination and a questionnaire on socioeconomic conditions were performed i...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Inanir I,Sahin MT,Gündüz K,Dinç G,Türel A,Arisoy A,Oztürkcan S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to determine the prevalence of skin infections and their causative agents in the Libyan population. Samples were collected from 2224 patients attending the Dermatology Clinics of the Tripoli Medical Centre (TMC) between August 1997 and December 1999 and were submitted to a mycology laboratory for ana...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ellabib MS,Khalifa Z,Kavanagh K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of dermatophytosis of the face due to Microsporum canis that was exacerbated and altered clinically by a long-term application of topical corticosteroids. We considered this case a rosacea-like tinea incognito of the beard area. ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Gorani A,Schiera A,Oriani A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichophyton raubitschekii is a rare dermatophyte which belongs to the Trichophyton rubrum species complex. Since 1981, only a few cases of dermatophytosis due to this anthropophilic causative agent were published. In this paper the authors report the first cases of Tinea corporis caused by Trichophyton raubitschekii ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tietz HJ,Hopp M,Gräser Y

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaphylactic reactions to food containing allergens in the consumption or preparation of food are well known. However, allergy in the preparation of sausages has rarely been described. In the present study a 26-year-old-butcher was investigated who had a severe anaphylactic reaction developing sneezing, rhinitis, conj...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Hipler UC,Wigger-Alberti W,Bauer A,Elsner P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the genus Cunninghamella, so far C. bertholletiae is known to be the only clinically relevant species. Correct identification of C. bertholletiae is not possible with classical methods. PCR and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was used to identify seven of nine clinical isolates as C. b...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Lemmer K,Losert H,Rickerts V,Just-Nübling G,Sander A,Kerkmann ML,Tintelnot K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluconazole, a triazole, inhibits synthesis of ergosterol. The key enzyme of antifungal activity is C-14-Demethylase, which itself depends on Cytochrom-P-450. So drugs that inhibit or induce this enzyme lead to interactions that have to be considered when dosing fluconazole. Oral bioavailability is more than 90% after...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Silling G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local lesions observed in otitis, create favourable conditions for the growth of fungi and development of mycoses both in the external and middle ear, as well as in post-operative cavities, especially in cases of open-type surgery. The objective of this study was: (1) to determine the prevalence of mycotic infections ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kurnatowski P,Filipiak A

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:The first case of a cutaneous cryptococcosis associated with systemic erythematous lupus (SLE) diagnosed in our Mycology Reference Centre is presented: a 24-year-old female patient diagnosed with SLE, nephrotic syndrome, arterial hypertension, renal insufficiency due to glomerulonephritis type IV and cellulitis in the...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ramos L,López C,Gómez C,Mathurín S,Mateo A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the coats of 20 cats with no dermatophytosis lesions were sampled for colonization by Microsporum canis, which was isolated in 45% of cases. All cats were treated with oral terbinafine for 3 weeks. The drug was administered orally at a daily dosage 8.25 mg kg-1. Mycologic status was assessed at the end ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Castañón-Olivares LR,Manzano-Gayosso P,López-Martínez R,De la Rosa-Velázquez IA,Soto-Reyes-Solís E

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to evaluate the utility of serological tests in the diagnosis of candidal infections in non-neutropenic critically ill patients. A prospective study was carried out in a 10-bed general intensive care unit; all patients with at least one organic sample with Candida spp. were included. A thera...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Ibàñez-Nolla J,Torres-Rodríguez JM,Nolla M,León MA,Mèndez R,Soria G,Díaz RM,Marrugat J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting Aspergillus galactomannan was evaluated with 66 serum samples and 113 specimens of the respiratory tract obtained from 52 patients with pulmonary diseases. The patients were divided into five groups: proven invasive pulmonary aspergi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Siemann M,Koch-Dörfler M

更新日期：2001-01-01 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