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Overview page. Subjects: Social Sciences — Arts and Humanities.
Many sociological and anthropological definitions exist, but most tend to privilege some combination of small-scale, relative boundedness, strong affective ties, traditionalism, and...
Aspergillosis: nosocomial or community-acquired?
in Medical Mycology
April 2011; p ublished online April 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 3038 words.
Discrimination between nosocomial and community infections is important for investigation and prevention. Nosocomial and hospital-acquired infections require appropriate hospital control...
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Recovery of melanized yeasts from Eastern Mediterranean beach sand associated with the prevailing geochemical and marine flora patterns
in Medical Mycology
March 2010; p ublished online March 2010 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 1514 words.
The melanized opportunistic pathogens Exophiala dermatitidis (Chaetothyriales) and Aureobasidium pullulans (Dothideales) were sporadically isolated from beach sand. This is the first time...
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Testing for coccidioidomycosis in emergency departments in Arizona
in Medical Mycology
October 2018; p ublished online December 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Environmental Science; Mycology and Fungi; Veterinary Medicine. 1830 words.
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Testing practices for coccidioidomycosis in the emergency department are poorly understood. We described characteristics of patients tested for...
Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Cryptococcus albidus pneumonia: Case report and review of the literature
in Medical Mycology
August 2007; p ublished online August 2007 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 1996 words.
Although cryptococcal infections due to Cryptococcus neoformans are frequently reported in the immunosuppressed patients, infections related to other Cryptococcus spp. are rarely...
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Cryptococcosis: clinical and biological aspects
in Medical Mycology
December 2000; p ublished online December 2000 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 0 words.
The incidence of cryptococcosis rose dramatically with the advent of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic in the early 1980s until the early 1990s. The frequency of...
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Whole genome comparison of the A. fumigatus family
in Medical Mycology
September 2006; p ublished online September 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 2083 words.
The availability of the genome sequences of multiple Aspergillus spp. presents the research community with an unprecedented opportunity for discovery. The genomes of Neosartorya fischeri an...
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Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis
in Medical Mycology
August 2004; p ublished online August 2004 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 0 words.
Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis is not common and usually involves mildly immunosuppressed patients. We present a case of a 58-year-old man with a history of mining-related...
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Molecular epidemiology of dermatophytosis in Tehran, Iran, a clinical and microbial survey
in Medical Mycology
February 2013; p ublished online February 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 2539 words.
In the framework of a survey on dermatophytoses, 14,619 clinical specimens taken from outpatients with symptoms suggestive of tinea and referred to a Medical Mycology laboratory in Tehran,...
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Coccidioidomycosis: knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare providers — Arizona, 2007
in Medical Mycology
August 2011; p ublished online August 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 4101 words.
Coccidioidomycosis presumably causes ≤ 33% of community-acquired pneumonias cases, although < 15% of the patients are tested for coccidioidomycosis. We assessed healthcare providers'...
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Biofilm formation on intrauterine devices in patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
in Medical Mycology
February 2010; p ublished online February 2010 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 2794 words.
A biofilm is a complex community of surface-associated cells enclosed in a polymer matrix. They attach to solid surfaces and their formation can be affected by growth conditions and...
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Epidemiology: surveillance of fungal infections
in Medical Mycology
December 2000; p ublished online December 2000 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 0 words.
Surveillance for fungal diseases is essential to improve our understanding of their epidemiology and to enable research and prevention efforts to be prioritized. In order to conduct better...
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Clues to the presence of pathogenic fungi in certain environments
in Medical Mycology
December 2000; p ublished online December 2000 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 0 words.
The presence of various pathogenic fungi in rather unsuspected hosts and environments has always attracted the attention of the scientific community. Reports on the putative role of animals...
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One week terbinafine 1% cream (Lamisil®) once daily is effective in the treatment of interdigital tinea pedis: a vehicle controlled study
in Medical Mycology
January 2001; p ublished online January 2001 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 0 words.
Duration of therapy is an important factor determining patients' compliance in dermatomycosis clinical practice. We undertook a prospective, randomised, double-blind, parallel group study...
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Identification of differentially expressed transcripts in the human pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by differential display
in Medical Mycology
January 2002; p ublished online January 2002 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 0 words.
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a dimorphic human pathogenic fungus that is the causal agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a systemic disease that predominantly affects rural...
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Candida albicans Als proteins mediate aggregation with bacteria and yeasts
in Medical Mycology
June 2007; p ublished online June 2007 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 3864 words.
Candida albicans occupies a microniche on mucosal surfaces where diverse microbial populations interact within a biofilm. Because C. albicans is intimately involved with other...
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Changes in frequency of agents of tinea capitis in school children from Western China suggest slow migration rates in dermatophytes
in Medical Mycology
August 2008; p ublished online August 2008 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 3072 words.
Tinea capitis is a common dermatophyte infection of the scalp of children in Western China, with the gray-patch from being the most prevalent. Twenty years ago, the most widespread...
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The future of animal models of invasive aspergillosis
in Medical Mycology
January 2005; p ublished online January 2005 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Mycology and Fungi; Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Veterinary Medicine; Environmental Science. 2403 words.
The diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis remains very difficult, coupled with limited treatment options. Animal models have been utilized to evaluate both the diagnosis and treatment of...
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Dermatophytes and dermatophytosis in the eastern and southern parts of Africa
in Medical Mycology
January 2018; p ublished online April 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Environmental Science; Mycology and Fungi; Veterinary Medicine. 12383 words.
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Dermatophytosis is currently a disease of global importance and a public health burden. It is caused by dermatophytes, which attack and grow on dead...
Malassezia ecology, pathophysiology, and treatment
in Medical Mycology
April 2018; p ublished online March 2018 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Environmental Science; Mycology and Fungi; Veterinary Medicine. 11615 words.
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Malassezia are lipid dependent basidiomycetous yeasts that inhabit the skin and mucosa of humans and other warm-blooded animals, and are...
International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ITS reference DNA barcoding database—the quality controlled standard tool for routine identification of human and animal pathogenic fungi
in Medical Mycology
May 2015; p ublished online April 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Medical Toxicology; Environmental Science; Mycology and Fungi; Veterinary Medicine. 13898 words.
Human and animal fungal pathogens are a growing threat worldwide leading to emerging infections and creating new risks for established ones. There is a growing need for a rapid and accurate...
