Effects of a Thiosemicarbazide Camphene Derivative on Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Effects of a thiosemicarbazide camphene derivative on Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

Thiosemicarbazides are compounds known for their biological activity, particularly their antimicrobial properties, which include activity against fungi. The difficulty of treating fungal diseases induced us to assess the antifungal properties of some novel thiosemicarbazide compounds. We selected the natural products limonene and camphene as sources for the preparation of these new thiosemicarb...

Transcriptome Profile of the Response of Paracoccidioides spp. to a Camphene Thiosemicarbazide Derivative

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic granulomatous human mycosis caused by fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides, which is geographically restricted to Latin America. Inhalation of spores, the infectious particles of the fungus, is a common route of infection. The PCM treatment of choice is azoles such as itraconazole, but sulfonamides and amphotericin B are used in some cases despite their...

Trichophyton mentagrophytes a keratinophilic fungus

Trichophyton mentagrophytes is a keratinophylic fungus belonging to a homogeneous group of fungi called the dermatophytes. The dermatophytes cause a variety of cutaneous infections in humans and animals. T. mentagrophytes has at least five different variants which make up the Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex. Two perfect states Arthroderma benhamiae and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii have been ...

Differentiation of Trichophyton Rubrum and Trichophyton Mentagrophytes by Pigment Production.

Rosacea-like tinea incognito due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes vr. mentagrophytes.

Tinea incognito is a dermatophytosis with atypi-cal clinical manifestation in the absence of the typical " ringworm " (1). The term tinea incognito was originally used in 1968 by Ive and Marks in 14 patients with atypical dermatophytic infection caused by a previous steroid treatment (2). Since then, several cases of tinea incognito have been described after topical application of pimecrolimus ...