background dermatophytes are a group of keratinophilic fungi worldwide, which can infect the skin, hair and nails of humans and animals. this genus includes several species that present different features of dermatophytosis. although, laboratory diagnosis of dermatophytes is based on direct microscopy, biochemical tests and culture, these manners are expensive, time consuming and need skilled s...

In recent years, the high frequency of fungal infections originating from Candida and dermatophyte strains has accelerated treatment attempts. Antimicrobial susceptibility test for poly (AN-co-VP) / copolymer, which we think could be an ideal drug in interventions was evaluated with disk diffusion method minimum inhibitor concentration. antimicrobial measurement data, it determined that coolyme...

An Ophiostoma fungus was isolated from a stump of Pinus thunbergii in a forest on the West coast of Korea. Microscopic analysis using a light microscope, a stereo microscope, and a scanning electron microscope revealed that it had morphological features of Pesotum and Sporothix synanarmorphs. Based on the β-tubulin gene sequence analysis, the fungus was identified as the anamorph of Ophiostoma ...

PM701 is a natural product and it is free of toxicity. The extracted fraction which coded PMF was found in 150 mg /g of lyophilized PM701 and it was able to inhibit significantly the proliferation of cancer cells without affecting the normal cells at cell culture level. The PMF-G fraction has been fractionated from PM-701 sample and it has been concluded that this fractionated sample has anti-c...

Dermatophytosis (tinea) infections are fungal infections caused by dermatophytes a group of fungi that invade and grow in dead keratin. Several species commonly invade human keratin and these belong to the Epidermophyton, Microsporum and Trichophyton genera. They tend to grow outwards on skin, producing a ring-like pattern hence the term 'ringworm'. They are very common and affect different par...

Out of 410 clinically diagnosed cases of superficial mycoses encountered during 1985 - 87, direct KOH mounts were positive in 250 (62.19%) cases and the cultures were positive in 123 (30.00%) cases. The organisms isolated included Trichophyton rubrum (36.58%). T. simii (32.52%), T.mentagrophytes (12.19%), C.tropicum (8.13%), Microsporum gypseum (6.50%), Epidermophyton floccossum (2.43%), T. vio...

Dermatophytosis (tinea) infections are fungal infections caused by dermatophytes a group of fungi that invade and grow in dead keratin. Several species commonly invade human keratin and these belong to the Epidermophyton, Microsporum and Trichophyton genera. They tend to grow outwards on skin, producing a ringlike pattern hence the term 'ringworm'. They are very common and affect different part...

Cells of Candida parapsilosis were extracted sequentially with different organic solvents. The sodium carbonate wash of the methanol extract showed carcinogenic activity in mice as demonstrated by the appearance of 6 sarcomas at the site of injection in a group of 16 animals. Suggestive carcinogenic activity in the appearance of subcutaneous sarcomas and increased frequency of leukemias and pul...

Dermatophytoses are superficial infections of keratinized tissues like hair, skin and nail, caused by a specialized group of fungi closely related antigenically, physiologically and morphologically, known as dermatophytes or ringworm fungi (Rabell and Taplin, 1974). The etiologic agents of the dermatophytoses are classified in three anamorphic (asexual or imperfect) genera, Epidermophyton, Micr...