The new anamorphic yeast Kuraishia piskuri, f.a., sp. nov. is described for three strains that were isolated from insect frass from trees growing in Florida, USA (type strain, NRRL YB-2544, CBS 13714). Species placement was based on phylogenetic analysis of nuclear gene sequences for the D1/D2 domains of large subunit rRNA, small subunit rRNA, translation elongation factor-1α, and subunits B1 a...

BACKGROUND The mastitis subclinical and clinical in cows caused by fungi has been increased specially by yeast of the genus Candida. OBJECTIVE To identify what yeasts were present in milk samples obtained from mammary glands of healthy cows, and others suffering subclinical or clinical mastitis. METHODS From a total of 1,095 milk samples 342 were from mammary glands of healthy dairy cows, 3...

Oral candidiasis (OC) is the most common opportunistic fungal infection among immunocompromised individuals. This systematic review and meta-analysis reports on the contribution of non-albicans Candida species in causing OC among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa between 2005 and 2015. Thirteen original research articles on oral Candida infection/colo...

background and purpose: candida species are the most opportunistic fungi affecting the nails and resulting in onychomycosis. in this study, we identified and evaluated in-vitro susceptibility of the recovered isolates against fluconazole (flc), voriconazole (vrc), and clotrimazole (clt) using the clinical and laboratory standards institute (clsi) m27-a3 document. materials and methods: from pat...

conclusions the results of the present study, compared to the previous studies, showed a significantly lower prevalence of cutaneous candidiasis. among candida species, c. albicans was still the most common infectious agent isolated from clinical samples. shifting toward non-albicans candida species was not confirmed in this study. in addition, our study revealed that there is a direct correlat...

Identification of Candida cultured from various clinical specimens to the species level is increasingly necessary for clinical laboratories. Although sn PCR identifies the species within hours but its cost-effectiveness is to be considered. So there is always a need for media which help in the isolation and identification at the species level. The study aimed to evaluate the performance of diff...

Candida is an opportunistic pathogen commonly found in hospital settings. During recent years increase in the non albican species of Candida and their resistance against treatment of choice has been observed. The aim of this research was to study the prevalence and antifungal susceptibility pattern of Candida species from different hospital units. A total of 303 samples were included in this st...

The emergence of antimicrobial resistance, coupled with the availability of fewer antifungal agents with fungicidal actions, prompted this present study to characterize Candida species in our environment and determine the effectiveness of virgin coconut oil as an antifungal agent on these species. In 2004, 52 recent isolates of Candida species were obtained from clinical specimens sent to the M...

Candida is a common opportunistic pathogen during the course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression. Changes in the clinical severity of candidiasis and the Candida species prevalence profile may be a reflection of immunological changes in HIV positive patients. The aim of this study was to document the changing pattern of Candida species prevalence profile in HIV seropositiv...