New records of 38 species of the Conopid genera Paramyopa Kröber, 1916a, Pseudoconops Camras, 1962b, Stylogaster Macquart, 1835, Thecophora Rondani, 1845, and Zodion Latreille, 1797 are presented from the Afrotropical Region. Stylogaster angolensis spec. nov. (Angola), Stylogaster cryptica spec. nov. (Ethiopia), Stylogaster fianarantsoensis spec. nov. (Madagascar), Stylogaster ivindoensis spec....

We report three cases of invasive Geotrichum capitatum infection in patients with acute leukemia for which an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Aspergillus galactomannan was positive, with no evidence of aspergillosis. Supernatants obtained from suspensions of 17 G. capitatum strains gave positive reactions with the Aspergillus galactomannan ELISA. These clinical and laboratory data...

Thymus capitatus is a plant grows in Mediterranean area and some Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia. It possesses numerous medicinal values. Its common name Zaatar it belongs to family Lamiaceae leaves stem were collected from Hail region, Then both extracted with ethanol. This study was performed evaluate cytotoxic activity of ethanolic extract details. Doxorubicin used standard the relevant ...

The presence of plant-parasitic nematodes causing crop loss every year had been overlooked in the existing fruits, vegetables and flowers cultivation system Bangladesh. Therefore, study was conducted to isolate identify plantparasitic from soil infected plant-parts fruits (banana, orange), (pointed gourd, tomato brinjal) flower (gerbera) districts Jashore, Jhenaidah, Gazipur Sylhet during 2017-...

OBJECTIVES The emergence of less common, but clinically important, fungal pathogens including the rare yeasts has contributed to the substantial morbidity and mortality observed in immunocompromised patients. These organisms can be resistant or refractory to existing antifungal agents. We sought to evaluate the activity of the new triazole isavuconazole against these difficult pathogens. METH...

We report a rare case of a fatal Saprochaete capitata breakthrough infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia receiving empirical caspofungin therapy. S. capitata is an uncommon, yet emerging cause of invasive infections, especially in patients with haematological malignancies. Blood cultures from our patient yielded S. capitata which was found to be resistant, in vitro, to caspofungin....

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A critical review of the family Veliidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) in Romania is provided. In total, two genera and eight species (Microvelia Westwood, 1834-3 species, Velia Latreille, 1804-5 species) are known from the country. Microvelia buenoi Drake, 1920 and Velia serbica Tamanini, 1951 are recorded for the first time from Romania. The occurrence of V. affinis filippii Tamanini,...