1 Infectious Dermatology Clinical Research Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fiocruz,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2 Mycology Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fiocruz,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 Departmentof InternalMedicine, Bonsucesso Federal Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 4 RadiologyDepartment, Evandro Chagas National Instit...

1 Aberdeen Fungal Group, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 2 Mucosal & Salivary Biology Division, Dental Institute, King’s College London, United Kingdom, 3 Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans Knoell Institute, and Friedrich Schiller University, ...

BACKGROUND Anthropological studies based on highly polymorphic HLA genes provide useful information for bone marrow donor registry, forensic medicine, disease association studies, as well as designing peptide vaccines against tumors, and infectious or autoimmune diseases. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to investigate the genetic relationship of Iranian Arabs and Jews using HLA-class II gen...

Besides the remarkable progress which has been made in the laboratory diagnosis of mycoses, there is still a need for an affordable diagnostic procedure which would allow the rapid diagnosis of deep seated mycoses which may be life threatening in compromised patients and are often difficult to treat. A step forward to alleviate this situation was the introduction of the optical brighteners into...

Onychomycosis is one of the most common nail disorders. Despite recent therapeutic advances with the introduction of effective systemic agents and transungual drug delivery systems, the incidence of onychomycosis is increasing. This is of concern, as the morbidity related to this infection also increases as our population ages with associated conditions, such as diabetes and immunosuppression f...

New state-of-the-art techniques in sequencing offer valuable tools in both detection of mycobiota and in understanding of the molecular mechanisms of resistance against antifungal compounds and virulence. Introduction of new sequencing platform with enhanced capacity and a reduction in costs for sequence analysis provides a potential powerful tool in mycological diagnosis and research. In this ...

El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo evaluar el impacto de una plataforma virtual aprendizaje en rendimiento académico los estudiantes, la asignatura Micología. Se realizó un estudio corte cuantitativo y longitudinal con grupo control (60 estudiantes) experimental (75 estudiantes). diseñó empleando sistema gestión Moodle, cual se empleó apoyo a enseñanza presencial experimental. efecto evaluó...