A 67-year-old woman with Stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). She was admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of acute kidney injury. She had a past medical history of hypertension, acanthosis nigricans, obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea and type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy. Two months prior to admission she had presented with a dete...

In order to determine the fungi causing kernel rot on chestnut, 150 chestnut kernels were collected from forests of Düzce province. Ninety-eight showed necrosis at various sizes, while rest 52 healthy in appearance. Twelve recovered necrotic kernels, four kernels. The most frequently isolated fungus was Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi, obtained 24 It also 5 and produced when inoculated intact Besides...

Zygomycetes are emerging opportunistic molds resistant to most conventional antifungals. We evaluated the in vitro activity of lovastatin (LOV), a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, against seven clinical isolates of Zygomycetes by using standard microdilution methods in three different media, disk diffusion testing, and viability dye staining. To further study the in vi...

In this study, different species of fungi associated with oil and non-oil Garri were isolated at Mudalawal market, Bauchi State, Nigeria. A total eight samples obtained inside a sterile container transported to the microbiology laboratory Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic state for analysis. Malt Extract Agar was used isolation identification; about five fungal identified using standard method Mi...

A soft rot of fruits caused by Mucor racemosus occurred on cherry tomato collected in Agricultural Products Wholesale Market in Jinju, Korea. The disease infection usually occurred wounded areas after cracking of fruits. At first, the lesions started with water soaked and rapidly softened and diseased lesion gradually expanded. Colonies were white to brownish to gray in color. Sporangia were 32...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The incidence of invasive filamentous fungal infections in hematologic patients is increasing as a consequence of high dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant procedures. Mortality is usually very high. The diagnosis is often difficult and yet a fast, accurate diagnosis is of fundamental importance for treating the infection and planning subsequent management of t...

Rapid methods are needed for detection of molds in foods; therefore, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed. The extracellular and mycelial antigens for Mucor, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Geotrichum species were partially purified and characterized. The molecular masses of the mycelial and extracellular antigens, as determined by size exclusion chromatography, ranged from 4.5 x 1...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Given the importance of rapid diagnosis for fungal rhinosinusitis, this study aimed to evaluate the use of nested PCR to identify Aspergillus and Mucor species in clinical samples from patients with suspected fungal rhinosinusitis. METHODS Functional endoscopic sinus surgery specimens were collected from 98 patients with rhinosinusitis from 2012 to 2013. All samples w...

This study was undertaken to validate the use of microbial biotransformation systems for drug metabolism studies. Thymoxamine 1 was rapidly hydrolyzed to desacetylthymoxamine (DAT) 2 by numerous fungi. Other known animal metabolites, such as N-desmethyl-desacetylthymoxamine 3 and desacetylthymoxamine-O-sulfate 6, were produced from DAT by Mucor rouxii and Mortierella isabellina. DAT-N-oxide 5, ...