The application of photosensitizers for the treatment of fungal infections is a new and promising development within the field of photodynamic treatment (PDT). Dermatophytes, fungi that can cause infections of the skin, hair and nails, are able to feed on keratin. Superficial mycoses are probably the most prevalent of infectious diseases in all parts of the world. One of the most important rest...

background and purpose: superficial mycotic infections have been only poorly described in koalas and there are no reliable mycologically confirmed data regarding clinical isolation of dermatophytes in this animal. we report an 11-yearold female koala, kept in a zoo in tokyo, japan, and presenting with hyperkeratotic lesions and scaly plaques on forepaw claws and pads reminiscent of fungal infec...

onychomycosis refers to nail infections, caused by fungi including yeasts and non-dermatophyte moulds. one or several toenails or fingernails (seldom all) may be involved in this condition. many cases of fingernail onychomycosis are due to yeasts. fungal infection has emerged as an important cause of neonatal infection, associated with significant morbidity and mortality, especially in very low...

Group A streptococci (GAS) cause three different types of infection (sensu lato) with distinct levels of virulence: asymptomatic colonization, superficial symptomatic infection, and invasive infection. To address why this pattern with several infection types has evolved, we combine mechanistic understanding from infection medicine with recent theory from evolutionary ecology. We propose that as...

Fungi are a kind of eukaryotic cell organisms widely distributed in nature and considered as independent branches existing organisms. There 1 million to 1.5 fungi the world, most which beneficial humans only few harmful humans. Mycosis is an infectious disease caused by that infect animals. The fungus infects mainly from external environment. route infection can be contact, inhalation or ingest...

Candida albicans is an opportunistic human pathogen preferentially causing invasive and disseminated infection in patients with defective phagocytic defenses and serious mucocutaneous infection in patients with deficient T-cell function. Phagocytes appear to protect the host from fungal invasion even in the absence of adaptive immune mechanisms, while as-yet-undefined T-cell-dependent factors s...

Introduction: Superficial mycoses refer to the diseases of skin and its appendages caused by fungi. Aims & Objectives: The present study was undertaken to find out the prevalence of different clinical types of Dermatomycoses including Dermatophytes, candida spp. and dermatomycotic mold infections of skin and its appendages and their etiological agents in and around Aligarh region of Northern In...

Dermatophytosis can be caused on by the invasion and infection of keratinized tissues in people animals via a group filamentous fungus known as dermatophytes. About quarter world’s population is affected it which one most prevalent superficial fungal diseases. Some these fungi have capacity to develop complex 3-D biofilm structures, or “biofilm,” are distinguished creation extracellular polymer...

OBJECTIVE To analyse 15 cases of invasive fungal infection and mortality parameters in the largest series in the last 35 yrs of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at a single medical centre. METHODS Fifteen patients with SLE and invasive fungal infections were retrospectively enrolled. Clinical and laboratory data, fungal species and infected sites, corticosteroid and immunosupp...

INTRODUCTION SPOROTRICHOSIS is a chronic fungal infection that is usually confined to the dermis and subcutaneous tissue, presenting typically with one or more ulcerating, gumma-like granulomas. Its cause is Sporothrix schenckii, a mould that has its natural habitat in decaying vegetation, straw, soil and the like, and occasionally on living plants, such as barbery (Berberis) and gorse (Ulex). ...