Since the beginning of antibiotic therapy on a large scale, it has become apparent that quite frequently the initial infection for which the therapy was instituted has been replaced with an invasion by microorganisms which are resistant to the particular antibiotic being used (McCoy, 1954). This new process may vary from a relatively mild infestation (Sharp, 1954) to an extremely severe and pos...

Pythium aphanidermatum is a fungus-like plant pathogen which has never been reported as a cause of human infection. We report a case of P. aphanidermatum invasive wound infection in a 21-year-old male injured during combat operations in Afghanistan.

background and purpose: fusariosis is a fungal infection often involving the skin. various species can cause local, focally invasive, or disseminated infections. the routes of entry for fusarium species include the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, toe nails, trauma to the skin, and indwelling central venous catheter. case report: herein, we present the case of a 35-year-old woman pres...

BACKGROUND Aedes aegypti, is the major dengue vector and a worldwide public health threat combated basically by chemical insecticides. In this study, the vectorial competence of Ae. aegypti co-infected with a mildly virulent Metarhizium anisopliae and fed with blood infected with the DENV-2 virus, was examined. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The study encompassed three bioassays (B). In B1 th...

Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a potent mycotoxin and virulence factor produced by Fusarium graminearum. We examined the expression of the core DON biosynthetic gene Tri5 during wheat head infection of susceptible and resistant cultivars and susceptible cultivars treated with strobilurin fungicides (e.g., azoxystrobin). DON was quantified to correlate expression with toxin accumulation. The highest Tr...

In March 2020 WHO declared COVID-19 as pandemic while April 2021 Indian authority concede to declare a significantly increased incidence of “Black Fungus” among the patients. The primary route infection for Mucormycosis or fungal following is inhalation ingestion resulting accumulation agents in nose, para-nasal sinuses and mouth. spores black fungus intrude neural vascular structure, which cau...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) can establish symbiotic interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, and can be infected by several pathogenic viruses. Here, we investigated the impact of mycorrhization by the fungus Glomus mosseae on the Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) infection of tomato plants by transcriptomic and hormones level analyses. In TSWV-infected mycorrhizal plants, the AM f...

Filamentous fungal infections are associated with a high morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplants. Species of the Aspergillus family account for the majority of these infections, and Aspergillus fumigatus, in particular, may be regarded as the most important airborne saprophytic fungus [1,2]. There are numerous conidia of this fungus inhaled constantly by humans, which are normally el...

Caspase 1, formerly designated interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta)-converting enzyme, processes pro-IL-1beta and pro-IL-18 to yield active cytokines that play a pivotal role in inflammation and cell activation. We show here the effect of caspase 1 deficiency on the inflammatory and adaptive immune responses to the fungus Candida albicans. Caspase 1 deficiency did not affect susceptibility to primary s...

Schizophyllum commune, a basidiomycete fungus, is a rare cause of mycotic disease. We report here a case of sinusitis in a 35-year-old woman that underscores the value of molecular biology for the diagnosis of this fungal infection.