In stored cereals besides other microorganisms, Aspergillus flavus fungi, well known aflatoxin producers, can also be found. When these feedingstuffs, as main material for feed production, are very contaminated with fungi and mycotoxins, they induce different health disturbances both in animals and humans. However, the presence of fungi is not a proof of mycotoxins contamination because thay ar...

Bacterial and Fungal Organisms in the Vagina of Normal Cows and Cows with Vaginitis. (December 2003) James Ross Husted, B.S. Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. R. Bruce Simpson Previous studies on infections of the reproductive tract in various animal species have focused on uterine and cervical infections. This study defined the bacterial flora from the vaginal fornix of 110...

Pathogenic fungi of drinking water have potentially prevailing effects on human beings. Mycofloral study of drinking water of district Bhimber, Azad Kashmir was conducted through systematic sampling and temporally during the year 2009. Drinking water samples were collected from selected spots and fungal spores were grown on two different culture media viz: potato dextrose agar (PDA) and nutrien...

The biosorption of mercury (II) on 14 fungal biomasses, Aspergillus flavus I-V, Aspergillus fumigatus I-II, Helminthosporium sp., Cladosporium sp., Mucor rouxii mutant, M. rouxii IM-80, Mucor sp 1 and 2, and Candida albicans, was studied in this work. It was found that the biomasses of the fungus M. rouxii IM-80, M. rouxii mutant, Mucor sp1, and Mucor sp 2 were very efficient removing the metal...

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo discutir la presencia de hongos anemófilos en entornos hospitalarios, abordando las características los patógenos, principales riesgos contaminación y precauciones necesarias para protección pacientes no hospitalizados. En cuanto a procesos metodológicos, este estudio se basa una revisión bibliográfica, considerando fuentes encontradas libros, artículos ...

Background & Aims: Fungal infections are among the most common life threatening conditions in patients with hematologic malignancies. The present study was carried out on children hospitalized in Amir Oncology Hospital of Shiraz, Iran, in order to determine the prevalence of fungal infections and respective susceptibility patterns to prophylactic antifungal therapies. Methods: Colonization was ...

INTRODUCTION Hand injuries caused by corn pickers are relatively rare but in most cases extensive, with massive tissue destruction. Severe wounds sustained during agricultural work are contaminated, with high incidence of infection. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and type of fungal infection in corn picker injuries and their impact on the course and outcome of t...