appropriate distance for the sources to be placed from the skin surface. The trajectories which the sources would take were then drawn, with uniform separation, on this surface. The mould was completed by extending the surface further and then subtracting the trajectories. The complete STL file was then sent to the printer for fabrication by the Stratasys Objet500 Connex1 printer, and printed u...

A series of hydrolysable tannins and related compounds was evaluated for antifungal activities against filamentous fungi (Epidermophyton floccosum; Microsporum canis; Microsporum gypseum; Trichophyton mentagrophytes; Trichophyton rubrum; Trichophyton tonsurans; Trichophyton terrestre; Penicillium italicum; Aspergillus fumigatus; Mucor racemosus; Rhizopus nigricans) and opportunistic yeasts (Can...

Propionic acid (PA) is a fungicide and bactericide, registered to control fungi and bacteria in stored grains, hay, grain storage areas, poultry litter, and drinking water for livestock and poultry. European Union (EU) certifies PA as the great of grain preserver and most efficient in controlling Salmonella and other pathogens. Recently it is used as feed additive in poultry and non-ruminant pr...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi that cause a toxic response when ingested by animals or man. Demand of natural fur, such as those from rabbit and chinchilla, produced under controlled conditions, has increased worldwide. The toxicogenic mycoflora contaminating feeds for these animals was enumerated and identified. Six of the major mycotoxins implicated in anim...

The mould Penicillium frequentans Westling is, as its name implies, of very common occurrence on all kinds of material. According to Raper & Thom (1949), the Monoverticillate section of the genus Penicillium includes a P. frequentans series of three species, namely the type species, P. sprnulosum Thom and a less common species, P. purpurrescens (Sopp) n.comb. Webmer's classical studies of citri...

Aspergillus species are the most common causes of invasive mould infections in immunocompromised patients. The introduction of new antifungal agents and recent reports of resistance emerging during treatment of Aspergillus infections have highlighted the need for in vitro susceptibility-testing. Various testing procedures have been proposed, including macrodilution and microdilution, agar diffu...

Mycotoxins are structurally diverse groups largely composed of small molecular weight chemicals, which are generally produced by the mycelial structure of filamentous fungi. These toxins are secondary metabolites mainly synthesized during the end of the mould exponential phase of growth. They appear to have no biological significance with respect to their growth/development or competitiveness, ...

The Sphaeropsidales, coelomycetous fungi producing asexual conidia within enclosed conidiomata (pycnidia), are saprobic on numerous vascular plants. Despite their ubiquitous nature, only a limited number of genera have been documented as causing human disease. We report what we believe to be the first human case of osteomyelitis due to a Phomopsis species in a chronically immunosuppressed femal...