abstract：:Four fungal isolates that were able to use vegetable tissues for multiplication in soil were isolated and identified as Pseudallescheria boydii based on morphological characteristics and ITS sequence similarity. When grown in broth prepared from the same vegetable tissues used in soil amendment, all these isolates of ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ko WH,Tsou YJ,Ju YM,Hsieh HM,Ann PJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indoor clade of Penicillium chrysogenum, the so-called Fleming clade, is the most common species of Penicillium on moldy building materials. In a previous study, we identified a 52 kDa human antigen characteristic of the indoor clade of P. chrysogenum not present in a taxonomically diverse selection of fungi. Furt...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Luo W,Wilson AM,Miller JD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast strain isolated from feather waste from a chicken processing plant was identified as Candida parapsilosis by biochemical tests and morphological studies. The yeast was able to grow in phosphate-buffered saline supplemented with 1% native feather as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. A keratin substrate was o...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vermelho AB,Mazotto AM,de Melo AC,Vieira FH,Duarte TR,Macrae A,Nishikawa MM,da Silva Bon EP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hylastes ater and Hylurgus ligniperda are introduced pests of re-established Pinus radiata in New Zealand. Both species breed under the bark of stumps in recently harvested areas. Adult maturation feeding on pine seedlings planted in adjacent areas can significantly impact seedling growth, and in severe cases seedling...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Brownbridge M,Reay SD,Cummings NJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The habit of cigarette smoking is associated with higher oral candidal carriage and possible predisposition to oral candidosis. The effects of exposure to smoke on the virulence properties of oral yeasts remain obscure. Hence, we showed in vitro the effect of cigarette smoke condensate (CSC) on ten clinical isolates o...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Baboni FB,Barp D,Izidoro AC,Samaranayake LP,Rosa EA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans biofilms on most medical devices are exposed to a flow of body fluids that provide water and nutrients to the fungal cells. While C. albicans biofilms grown in vitro under static conditions have been exhaustively studied, the same is not true for biofilms developed under continuous flow of replenishin...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Uppuluri P,Chaturvedi AK,Lopez-Ribot JL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports the histopathological findings of 86 skin lesions of dogs with sporotrichosis from Rio de Janeiro. Suppurative granulomatous inflammation was the predominant finding and was observed in 76 (88.37%) cases. Plasma cells surrounding the suppurative granulomas were detected in 68 (89.5%) cases an...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： de Miranda LH,Quintella LP,dos Santos IB,Menezes RC,Figueiredo FB,Gremião ID,Okamoto T,de Oliveira RV,Pereira SA,Tortelly R,Schubach TM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporotrichosis is often manifested as a chronic granulomatous infection and the monocytes/macrophages play a central role in the host defense system. Surface components of Sporothrix schenckii have been characterized and suggestions have been made as to their possible role in pathogenicity. Ergosterol peroxide, cell-w...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Carlos IZ,Sassá MF,da Graça Sgarbi DB,Placeres MC,Maia DC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ALS1 and ALS3 encode cell-surface associated glycoproteins that are considered to be important for Candida albicans biofilm formation. The main goal of the present study was to monitor ALS1 and ALS3 gene expression during C. albicans biofilm formation (on silicone) under continuous flow conditions, using the Centers f...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nailis H,Vandenbroucke R,Tilleman K,Deforce D,Nelis H,Coenye T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytes are highly specialized pathogenic fungi that exclusively infect the stratum corneum, nails or hair, and it is evident that secreted proteolytic activity is important for their virulence. Endo- and exoproteases-secreted by dermatophytes are similar to those of species of the genus Aspergillus. However, in...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Monod M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a member of the phylum Chytridiomycota and the causative organism chytridiomycosis, a disease of amphibians associated with global population declines and mass mortality events. The organism targets keratin-forming epithelium in adult and larval amphibians, which suggests that keratin...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Symonds EP,Trott DJ,Bird PS,Mills P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptostegia madagascariensis is a plant native from Madagascar, belonging to the Apocynaceae that is invading the native vegetation in Northeast Brazil and threatening the unique riverine formations dominated by the carnauba palm. Individuals of C. madagascariensis cultivated in the campus of the Universidade Federal...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： da Silva JL,Barreto RW,Pereira OL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of Stachybotrys chartarum in indoor environments has been linked to adverse health effects as well as few cases of pulmonary haemorrhages in humans. Although the highly toxic secondary metabolites of this fungus, like satratoxin G and H, were frequently claimed with outbreaks of such diseases, these tox...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Gottschalk C,Bauer J,Meyer K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia developed disseminated Scedosporium prolificans infection following chemotherapy for disease relapse while on posaconazole prophylaxis. Scedosporium prolificans infection during posaconazole prophylaxis has not been reported previously. This report is timely as the uptake of po...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ananda-Rajah MR,Grigg A,Slavin MA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review here the advances in the understanding of the immunopathology of human paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). Its investigation must take in account the intriguing natural history of the mycosis and its agent, providing clues to the mechanisms that lead to development of disease (unbalanced host-parasite relationship...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Benard G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal contamination is a major problem in cell culture, and the antifungal compounds currently in use can affect cultured cells. Echinocandins are antifungal drugs that inhibit fungal cell wall synthesis by targeting an enzyme that has no counterpart in mammalian cells. We evaluated whether the echinocandin caspofung...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Martinez LR,Ntiamoah P,Casadevall A,Nosanchuk JD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and C. gattii were repeatedly isolated from decaying wood of trunk hollows in living trees growing in Jabalpur City in Central India. The isolation of C. gattii has been reported from decayed wood inside trunk hollow of Tamarindus indica (15.6%), Mangifera indica (2.2%), Pithecolobi...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Grover N,Nawange SR,Naidu J,Singh SM,Sharma A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the aerobic degradation of phenol by yeast strains isolated from an oil refinery wastewater from the Northeast of Brazil. The samples displayed low fungal diversity, as only yeast colonies were detected on Sabouraud dextrose agar containing chloramphenicol 0.05% (w/v). Among the isolates, three...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Rocha LL,de Aguiar Cordeiro R,Cavalcante RM,do Nascimento RF,Martins SC,Santaella ST,Melo VM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of Aspergillus section Flavi were isolated and identified in maize samples collected from a wide geographical region in northeastern China. Aspergillus flavus was identified to be the primary species in the population (99%) becoming a potential source of aflatoxin contamination in the region. Isolated A. flavu...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Gao J,Liu Z,Yu J

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of five fungicides, benomyl (1 mg/l), dodine (50 mg/l), manzate (100 mg/l), cupric sulphate (200 mg/l) and thiabendazole (4 mg/l) was tested under in vitro conditions on development of 15 isolates of fungi pathogenic for insects and other invertebrates (Beauveria brongniartii, Culicinomyces clavisporus, Dud...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Luz C,Netto MC,Rocha LF

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a comparative study to isolate the dermatophytes of tinea capitis using the cytobrush and comparing it versus the standard method. A prospective, observational, comparative trial of 178 probable cases of tinea capitis was conducted in two dermatological centers. Each patient underwent mycological tests that in...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bonifaz A,Isa-Isa R,Araiza J,Cruz C,Hernández MA,Ponce RM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated phagocytosis and intracellular killing of clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus spp. by human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs). Serial pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus terreus were examined with a microbiological assay. Phagocytosis for resting...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Perkhofer S,Speth C,Dierich MP,Lass-Flörl C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of invasive fungal infections (IFI) remains a challenge, particularly for diseases caused by filamentous fungi such as Aspergillus species. Unfortunately, many patients affected by these conditions are not identified before autopsy. Therefore, there is a need for new diagnostic methods for IFI. Galactoma...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Aquino VR,Goldani LZ,Pasqualotto AC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most manifestations of candidiasis are associated with biofilm formation occurring on the surfaces of host tissues and medical devices. Candida albicans is the most frequently isolated causative pathogen of candidiasis, and the biofilms display significantly increased levels of resistance to the conventional antifunga...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： He M,Du M,Fan M,Bian Z

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South Africa currently has an estimated 500,000 AIDS orphans, many of whom are HIV-positive. Oral candidiasis commonly occurs in both adult and paediatric HIV/AIDS patients. Published information on HIV-positive children in Africa mainly concerns hospitalised patients. The objective of this study was to determine the ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Blignaut E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phoma herbarum has been associated with two outbreaks of systemic mycosis in hatchery-reared chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) fingerlings. Affected fish exhibited abnormal swimming behavior, exophthalmia, multiple rounded areas of muscle softening, protruded hemorrhagic vents, and abdominal swelling. In all a...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Faisal M,Elsayed E,Fitzgerald SD,Silva V,Mendoza L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently 11 Malassezia species were isolated. Attention has focused on the relationship between Malassezia species and Malassezia-related disease. The causal fungus of Pityriasis versicolor is M. globosa. The conditions of mycelial form induction are not clear for M. globosa. ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Morishita N,Sei Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to detect antibodies against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in dogs seropositive and seronegative for leishmaniasis. Sera from 836 dogs (449 positive and 387 negative to leishmaniasis) were analysed by ELISA and the immunodiffusion test using gp43 and exoantigen, respectively. The analysis of ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Silveira LH,Domingos IH,Kouchi K,Itano EN,Silva EA,Landgraf VO,Werneck SM,Camargo ZP,Ono MA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer activity expressed at pH values ranging from 3.5 to 6.0 was found in the ustilaginaceous yeast-like species, Pseudozyma tsukubaensis. Its killer phenotype was incurable, and extrachromosomal genetic elements were not detected. The toxin excreted with a molecular mass above 15 kDa is fungicidal, resistant to pro...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Golubev WI,Pfeiffer I,Golubeva EW

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major mycotoxin problem in Australia is the formation of aflatoxins in peanuts by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. This is controlled by good farm management practice, segregation into grades on aflatoxin content at intake to shelling facilities, colour sorting and aflatoxin assays. A second problem is the p...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pitt JI,Hocking AD

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to select virulent strains of microfungi against Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, a symbiotic fungus cultivated by leaf-cutting ants. The results from in vitro assays showed that microfungal strains had a variable and significant impact on the colony development of L. gongylophorus. Specifically,...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Silva A,Rodrigues A,Bacci M Jr,Pagnocca FC,Bueno OC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by Candida yeasts are common in elderly individuals. Seventy-five isolates of Candida spp. were obtained from saliva samples of 136 institutionalized elderly individuals resident in six retirement homes of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Forty-seven isolates (62.66%) were identified as Candida albicans, 15 (...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： de Resende MA,de Sousa LV,de Oliveira RC,Koga-Ito CY,Lyon JP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strain ZK7 of Pochonia chlamydosporia var. chlamydosporia and IPC of Paecilomyces lilacinus are highly effective in the biological control against root-knot nematodes infecting tobacco. When applied, they require a specific monitoring method to evaluate the colonization and dispersal in soil. In this work, the ran...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Zhu ML,Mo MH,Xia ZY,Li YH,Yang SJ,Li TF,Zhang KQ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identity and activity of an entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the Entomophthora muscae species complex and infecting Musca domestica in poultry houses from La Plata, Argentina, is reported. Entomophthora caused natural infections between September 2001 and September 2003. Primary conidia of this fungus were on ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lastra CC,Siri A,García JJ,Eilenberg J,Humber RA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In earlier studies, biological control of Fusarium wilt of cucumber induced by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum was demonstrated using nonpathogenic strains C5 and C14 of Fusarium oxysporum. Strain C14 induced resistance and competed for infection sites whether roots were wounded or intact, whereas strain C5 requ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mandeel QA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in children is rare, and its clinical progression is not clearly understood. The admission and post-admission clinical records of 38 children and teenagers aged up to 14 were studied who had been under treatment for 24-30 months. It is a consecutive case series, 17 retrospective and 21 pro...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nogueira MG,Andrade GM,Tonelli E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused by the soil-dwelling dimorphic fungi Coccidioides spp. The disease is endemic in semiarid Northeast Brazil, where it is caused by C. posadasii. The aim of this study was to perform antifungal susceptibility tests of clinical and environmental strains of C. posadasii fr...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Cordeiro RA,Brilhante RS,Rocha MF,Fechine MA,Costa AK,Camargo ZP,Sidrim JJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for using the entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium muscarium to control the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci has been established in the laboratory by other studies. Laboratory studies however frequently overestimate the level of control achieved by biological control agents in the glasshouse. Befor...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Cuthbertson AG,Walters KF

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichosporon species are opportunistic pathogens associated with a high mortality rate in immunocompromised patients. Disseminated trichosporonosis is uncommon but reports are increasing. In this study, using 16 stock clinical isolates of suspected Trichosporon species and 4 known Trichosporon strains, we investigated...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Li HM,Du HT,Liu W,Wan Z,Li RY

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malassezia yeasts are commensal organisms of human and animal skin that occasionally act as pathogens; lipid-dependent species are associated with human skin disorders. The aim of this work was to evaluate the occurrence, risk factors and population size of different species of Malassezia in the external ear canal of ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Cafarchia C,Gallo S,Capelli G,Otranto D

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00