Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) occurs in a diverse group of patients. Risk factors for OPC include the use of dentures, corticosteroid inhalers, cigarettes, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and immunosuppressive and chemotherapeutic agents. Patients with HIV, diabetes, and iatrogenic or autoimmune-induced dry mouth are also at substantial risk for OPC. This infection is caused primarily by Candida ...

Sporotrichosis is a chronic infection usually limited to cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues. It involves all layers of skin and the subcutaneous lymphatic. The disease is caused by a dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii. The fungus, present in nature in a variety of plants and soil, invades through a skin injury. Many times, the injury to the skin is so minor that it goes unrecognized and negl...

During penetration and infection of the bean leaf by the rust fungus, at 22 h after artificial inoculation, the following sites of peroxidase activity were observed which might influence the interaction of the host and parasite: (I) The guard cell walls of the stoma are covered with a layer that shows peroxidase activity. This activity might influence the infection peg of the fungus. (2) Within...

Whereas studies have extensively examined the ability of bacteria to influence Plasmodium infection in the mosquito, the tripartite interactions between non-entomopathogenic fungi, mosquitoes, and Plasmodium parasites remain largely uncharacterized. Here we report the isolation of a common mosquito-associated ascomycete fungus, Penicillium chrysogenum, from the midgut of field-caught Anopheles ...

Fusarium oxysporum has been described as a pathogen causing onychomycosis, its incidence has been increasing in immunocompetent and disseminated infection can occur in immunosuppressed individuals. We describe the first case of congenital onychomycosis in a child caused by Fusarium oxysporum. The infection being acquired in utero was proven by molecular methods with the identification of the fu...

A case of peritonitis due to Scedosporium apiospermum in a boy undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is reported. The finding of suggestive tissual form of the fungus in the effluent hastened the diagnosis of the infection.

Among 600 bunnei fishes transferred from Qurna marshes to fish ponds at Basrah University/Marine Science Center, 211 were infected with saprolegniasis during the period January March, 2005 constituting a percentage of infection 35.1% which was diagnosed by its clinical features and direct examination 10% KOH solution culture. The cultutred fungus Saprolegnia parasitica.

ABSTRACT Cryptococcosis is an important systemic mycosis with worldwide distribution that affects men and also domestic wild animals. The infection acquired by inhalation of the fungus or basidiospores present in environment may manifest as localized nasal ocular injury, pulmonary illness or, less commonly, meningoencephalomyelitis. Long-term treatment necessary, prognosis reserved. This paper ...

Aspergillus is a saprophytic, spore-forming ubiquitous fungus. Aspergillus exists in soil, water and decaying vegetation. Inhalation of the airborne conidia causes a multitude of diseases, ranging from asymptomatic colonization to disseminated infection [1]. Invasive Aspergillosis is an opportunistic infection that mostly affects immunocompromised patients. Invasive Aspergillosis can occur virt...

We investigated the utility of radioimmunotherapy (RIT) in early and established cryptococcal infection in immunocompetent mice. RIT with (213)Bi-18B7 antibody completely eliminated fungus from mouse lungs and brains for early infection, while (188)Re-18B7 significantly reduced CFU in the lungs or both lungs and brains during early and established infection, respectively. The results point to t...