In his handbook of Diseases of the Skin (1907), Whitfield states that fungus infections of the nails are probably commoner than is generally supposed. That statement is borne out by the fact that Within the last three years I have had the opportunity of observing no fewer than 19 cases ; 17 of these were seen as out-patients in the Skin Department of the Royal Infirmary under Dr Norman Walker's...

Histoplasma capsulatum is a pathogenic fungus that has caused infections in all continents except Antarctica although most disease is found within the Americas. It produces a broad spectrum of illness that can on occasion be fatal. Understanding the interaction between the host and the fungus provides insights into the pathogenic mechanisms as well as the host response to replicating fungi. Thi...

Background & Aim: In recent years using from plant product has been considered wildly as main factor for preventing pathogenic diseases cassed by attacking viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. There are some funguses which could be the factors for affliction of some diseases in human, plants and animals. Plant extracts are those which could act and be used as preventing from these diseases a...

Fungal rhino sinusitis is a life threating, aggressive, angioinvasive infection caused by group of fungai called mucormycetes and aspergillus as well1. Spores these are present in the soil, air decaying material animal dungs. They inhaled swallowed to cause infection. It affects mainly immune compromised patients like uncontrolled diabetes (fungus grows flourish at high sugar level), organ tran...

INTRODUCTION The differential diagnosis of cutaneous ulcers is broad, including infection, neoplasm, vascular disease, trauma, and inflammatory processes such as pyoderma gangrenosum. Nodulo-ulcerative lesions on an extremity are a common presentation of sporotrichosis, an infection with a saprophytic dimorphic fungus. A high index of suspicion for infection is required when chronic ulcers do n...

Although the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia is ubiquitous in insects, it has a unique relationship with New World ants on which particular bacterial strains have specialized. However, data are from distantly related hosts and detailed phylogenetic information which could reveal transmission dynamics are lacking. Here, we investigate host-Wolbachia relationships in the monophyletic fungus-gro...

The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes plant disease via specialised infection structures called appressoria. These dome-shaped cells are able to generate enormous internal pressure, which enables penetration of rice tissue by invasive hyphae. Previous studies have shown that mobilisation of lipid bodies and subsequent lipid metabolism are essential pre-requisites for successful appres...

Aspergillus is a ubiquitous fungus which can cause a variety of clinical syndromes. This fungus has emerged as agent of systemic infections and has therefore gained considerable public health importance. This paper describes two cases of invasive aspergillosis caused by A. fumigatus in immuno-suppressed patients and underscores the importance of early identification of Aspergillus infection ass...