Background and Aims: The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of three medicinal plant extracts on fungi with three methods and to compare methods. Material and methods: This study examined the antifungal properties of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L), ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and Nafe Venus (Umbilicus intermedius boiss) extracts against fungi including, Aspergillus spp., Penicillium...

The incidence of fungal urinary tract infections has risen gradually and thus constituted a public health challenge. aim this study was to determine the prevalence by fungi in two centres Ojo, Lagos. A total 200 patients attending centers constituting 160 males’ urines 40 females’ vaginal swabs were recruited for study. Midstream urine samples aseptically collected processed using standard myco...

background otomycosis is a superficial fungal infection often involves the pinna and external auditory canal. it is a pathologic condition, with candida and aspergillus, the most common fungal species. it is common worldwide but more prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries results otomycosis was diagnosed in 129 cases (92%, 76 male, 53 female) with the highest prevalence of cases occurr...

Inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) synthase is an enzyme common to fungi and plants that catalyzes the transfer of phosphoinositol from phosphatidylinositol to ceramide to form IPC. The reaction is a key step in fungal sphingolipid biosynthesis and the target of the antibiotics galbonolide A, aureobasidin A, and khafrefungin. As a first step toward understanding the antifungal spectrum of IPC sy...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extract of Ecballium elaterium (E. elaterium) fruits alone against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) strains and Candida albicans (C. albicans) strains, or in combination with penicillin against Staphylococcus areus strains. METHODS Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity or synergy interaction was carried out using microdilution ...

Allergic Bronchopulmonary Mycosis (ABPM) is an exagregated immunologic response to fungal colonization in the lower airways. It may cause by many kinds of fungal, but Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common cause of ABPM, although other Aspergillus and other fungal organisms, like Candida albicans, have been implicated. Aspergllus fumigatus and Candida albicans may be found as outdoor and indo...

introduction: candida dubliniensis and c. albicans are very similar in morphology and phenotypic characteristics. approximation of this yeast species has caused major problems in identifying these two correctly. materials and methods: to distinguish among sixty yeast clinical isolates from patients with cancer, polymerase chain reaction - restriction fragment length polymorphism (pcr-rflp) was ...

conclusions the findings show fluconazole -resistance in c. albicans isolates with overexpression of pir1p. results in the 52 isolates, 49 (94%) were resistant to fluconazole. overexpression of pir1 gene was detected in 47 (96%) fluconazole-resistant c. albicans isolates. patients and methods a total of 52l vaginal samples were obtained from the females with c. albicans vaginitis. the azole sus...

Two isolates belonging to Aspergillus section Fumigati were recovered from German soil on itraconazole containing agar media. Phylogenetic analysis and phenotypic characterization of both isolates show that they represent a novel species named Aspergillus oerlinghausenensis (holotype CBS H-22119(HT), ex-type CBS 139183(T) = IBT 33878 = DTO 316-A3). The species is phylogenetically related to A. ...