A total of 72 cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases referred to the Wad Madani Teaching Hospital between September 1999 and December 2000 were included in the present study. The patients were from different parts of the Gezira State. The duration of lesions varied between several days and more than one year, with the duration of most of them ranging between 1-3 months (91.6%). Different types of l...

BACKGROUND Published studies regarding skin conditions in the military are mainly cross-sectional studies from clinical encounters during war campaigns and military training. AIMS To determine the incidence and spectrum of dermatological conditions in a cohort of military conscripts in Singapore. Soldiers diagnosed with contact dermatitis (CD) were further analysed for body area involvement, ...

An isolated fungus, Aspergillus foetidus had the ability to decolourize growth unsupportive medium containing 100 mg L(-1) of reactive black 5 (RB5) dye with >99% efficiency at acidic pH (2-3). Pre-treatment of fungal biomass by autoclaving or exposure to 0.1M sodium hydroxide facilitated more efficient uptake of dye as compared to untreated fungal biomass. Pre-equilibrium biosorption of RB5 dy...

The plasmatic levels of 1,3-beta-d-glucan (BDG) were >523 pg/ml in 4 children, 2 low-birth-weight neonates and 2 stem cell transplant recipients, with the following invasive fungal diseases (IFD) proven apart from this BDG test: 3 cases of Candida parapsilosis candidemias and 1 case of disseminated aspergillosis. The BDG test may be useful for identification of IFD in pediatrics.

Culture-based pathogen identification in skull base osteomyelitis, particularly for fungi, is often inaccurate. We report the case of patient with fungal skull base osteomyelitis cured by sustained antifungal therapy after 16 months of debilitating illness. Due to medical complications, a strong clinical rationale was needed to justify long-term antifungal therapy. The offending fungus was iden...

Invasive infections through to sepsis caused by fungi in intensive care units have increased markedly in the past few years. In the mean time almost every tenth case of sepsis in the intensive care unit is the result of an invasive fungal infection. Not only hemato-oncological or organ-transplanted patients are affected but increasingly also those patients who have been under intensive care for...

OBJECTIVE To assess the role of foot dermatomycosis (tinea pedis and onychomycosis) and other candidate risk factors in the development of acute bacterial cellulitis of the leg. METHODS A case-control study, including 243 patients (cases) with acute bacterial cellulitis of the leg and 467 controls, 2 per case, individually matched for gender, age (+/-5 years), hospital and admission date (+/-...

Concomitant with the increased prevalence of immunocompromised persons, invasive fungal infections have become considerably more frequent in the last 50 years. High mortality rates caused by invasive mycoses and high morbidity because of intractable mucosal infections have created an unmet need for innovative prophylactic and therapeutic strategies against fungal pathogens. Several immunotherap...

Copyright: © 2013 Gorovoy IR, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Loss of Contrast Enhancement of the Inferior Rectus Muscle on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Fulminant Invasive Fungal ...

Fungal infections in humans range flom superficial and cutaneous (such as dermatophytoses) to deeply invasive and dissemi hated (such as candidiasis and cryptococcosis). Pathogenic fungi occur worldwide, although particular species may predominate in certain geographic areas. In the past 20 years, fungal infections have increased dramatically--paradoxically, as a resuh of medical advances. Fung...