Trichosporonosis is an uncommon but frequently fatal mycosis in immunocompromised patients. A multicenter retrospective study was conducted to characterize cases of proven or probable invasive trichosporonosis diagnosed over the past 20 years in Italian patients with hematological diseases. Of the 52 cases identified, 17 were classified as Trichosporon sp. infections and 35 were attributed to G...

The serological response to Trichosporon sp. was examined by the immunoblot technique. Antibodies to a range of antigens (200 to 16 kilodaltons) were detectable in three patients with invasive Trichosporon beigelii or Blastoschizomyces capitatus infections and 10 uninfected controls. High levels of preexisting antibodies may contribute to the rarity of systemic infections.

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Les infections mycosiques du pied constituent un motif fréquent de consultation chez les diabétiques, le diabète constituant à la fois un facteur favorisant et aggravant les lésions cutanéomuqueuses. L'objectif de ce travail était d'identifier la flore mycologique locale responsable des lésions du pied chez le diabétique et déterminer les facteurs favorisant la survenue de mycoses. Il s'agissai...

phic yeasts characterized by the production of arthroconidia. Twenty-six species have been listed in the genus Trichosporon, which includes medically relevant species that cause opportunistic infections and induce summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis (SHP) (Ando et al., 1995; Guého et al., 1994, 1998; Middelhoven et al., 1999, 2000a, b; Sugita et al., 2001). Besides pathogens, Trichosporon ...

The repertoire of microeukaryotes in the human gut has been poorly explored, mainly in individuals living in northern hemisphere countries. We further explored this repertoire using PCR-sequencing and culture in seven individuals living in four tropical countries. A total of 41 microeukaryotes including 38 different fungal species and three protists were detected. Four fungal species, Davidiell...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major risk factor of CVD. The effects of purified sardine proteins (SP) were examined on glycaemia, insulin sensitivity and reverse cholesterol transport in T2D rats. Rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 5 weeks, and injected with a low dose of streptozotocin, were used. The diabetic rats were divided into four groups, and they were fed casein (CAS) or SP combined with ...

A study was undertaken to find out the incidence of fungal mastitis in cattle. Out of 200 clinical cases of mastitis, 17 (8.5 %) were found to have been caused by fungi and 9 (4.5%) were identified to be mixed infection of fungi and bacteria. The yeast and yeast like fungi isolated were Candida tropicalis, Candida parapsilosis, Candida guillermondii, Geotrichum candidum, Trichosporon cutaneum, ...