Potentially pathogenic yeast strains from four genera, Candida, Cryptococcus, Torulopsis, and Trichosporon, were examined for killer activity and sensitivity using Saccharomyces and Torulopsis strains of known killer status. Tests were performed by using a streak method and by concentration of culture fluid by lyophilization. Of 236 strains examined, killers were found with low prevalence among...

Abstract Bats are important for the homeostasis of ecosystems and serve as hosts various microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi with pathogenic potential. This study aimed to isolate from biological samples obtained bats captured in city Sinop (state Mato Grosso, Brazil), where large areas deforestation exist due urbanization agriculture. On basis flow people domestic animals, 48 wer...

The present study aimed to 1) determine the colonization rates of medically important Trichosporon species on normal perigenital skin and 2) determine the isolation rates of Trichosporon spp. isolated from the urine and catheters of Brazilian patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The overall colonization rate of Trichosporon spp. was 11.15% (112 isolates). The most common spec...

O presente estudo teve por objetivo realizar a identificação dos fungos encontrados na própolis produzido Apis mellifera L. da Baía do Iguape, Brasil. Para tanto, foram utilizadas técnicas morfológicas, bioquímicas e moleculares, sendo averiguado o perfil de restrição gerado espaçador interno transcrito (ITS1 ITS4). tamanho produtos PCR foi analisado quanto ao obtidos com endonuclease (HhaI, Ha...

OBJECTIVE To report the first case of disseminated Trichosporon spp infection in a newborn infant in Brazil, discussing a few aspects concerning management and treatment. A new spectrum of pathogens associated with severe infections in neonatal ICU has arisen, afflicting mainly newborn infants weighing less than 1,000 g at birth. Infection with Trichosporon asahii is rare and often fatal in thi...

Background.  Trichosporon species have emerged as an important non-Candida spp yeast pathogen in immunocompromised patients in recent decades; however, the systemic analysis of Trichosporon epidemiology has seldom been reported. Methods.  We reviewed 185 reported cases of Trichosporon fungemia from 1975 to 2014 in the English-language literature, and the epidemiology and prognostic factors of t...

Producing manure-based fertilizers (MBFs) with specific nutrient ratios is a solution to overpassing the imbalance of nitrogen and phosphorus in manures, way recycle manure’s nutrients, promoting sustainable agricultural practices. Several MBFs different tailored N:P (0.5:1, 1:1 2:1) were produced determine their agronomic value pot experiment oat (0.5:1 ratio: cattle manure pig slurry (CaM+PiS...

1National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK, 2Bexley Substance Misuse Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK and 3Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Research Department of Mental Health Sciences, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London Medical School, 46 Cleveland Street, London W1T ...

Trichosporon asahii is an emerging mycosis characterized by high mortality rate in immunologically compromised patients. Only a few cases have been reported in immunocompetent subjects. We report a 46-yr-old man who had been healthy and who presented with septic shock and purpura fulminans caused by Trichosporon asahii. He responded well to antifungal therapy with amphotericin B and voriconazole.