The etiology of the diarrheic process in AIDS may be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa or helminths, as well as HIV itself. This study evaluated enteropathogens relating to diarrhea in HIV patients who were on antiretroviral therapy. The parasitological methods used were Faust, Hoffmann and Kinyoun. Isolation and culturing of fungi were carried out in accordance with the methodology ...

Seven yeast strains were isolated from the body surface and galleries of Xyloterinus politus, the ambrosia beetle that attacks black oak trees. Based on rDNA sequence comparisons and other taxonomic characteristics, five of the strains were identified as members of the species Saccharomycopsis microspora, Wickerhamomyces hampshirensis and Candida mycetangii, which have been reported previously ...

Results In 2010 were identified 269 pathogens in 409 NI. The distribution including all sites of infection was: Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus (CNS) 20,6%, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 15,9%, Staphylococcus aureus 15,9%, Candida sp 7,8%, Escherichia coli 7,8%, Klebsiella sp 7,8%, Enterococcus sp 5,7%, Enterobacter sp 5,4%, Acinetobacter baumanii 3,4% and other agents 9,7%. The Staphylococcus sp se...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evaluation of contamination of anesthesia circuits by collecting 56 culture samples from the circular system; previously reprocessed tracheas by disinfection with 1% hypochlorite or 2% glutaraldehyde after being washed in non-sterile water and soap and dried by using compressed air and stored in surgical grade paper; and from other places of the non-reprocessed respira...

The present study aimed at to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of methanol extracts of the endemic medicinal plant, Ceropegia pusilla against five different bacterial strains namely, Shigella sonnei MTCC 2957, Klebsiella pneumoniae MTCC 109, Escherichia coli MTCC 118, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 43300 and Bacillus sp., and four different fungal strains namely, Aspergillus sp., Mucor sp., Peni...

FR227244 is a novel triterpene glycoside that exhibits in vitro antifungal activity against filamentous fungi such as Aspergillus sp. and Trichophyton sp. and yeast such as Candida utilis and Candida parapsilosis but shows low activity against Candida albicans, Candida krusei and Candida tropicalis. Specifically, FR227244 exhibits in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity against Aspergillus fum...

Background and objective:Candida albicans (C. albicans) play a significant role in oral mucosal carcinogenesis. It can be identified using various techniques in cytological smears. But, very few studies have been conducted on histopathological sections using calcofluor white M2R under fluorescent microscopy. Additionally, detection and quantification ...

BACKGROUND This study is the first to investigate the Brazilian Amazonian Forest to identify new D-xylose-fermenting yeasts that might potentially be used in the production of ethanol from sugarcane bagasse hemicellulosic hydrolysates. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A total of 224 yeast strains were isolated from rotting wood samples collected in two Amazonian forest reserve sites. These samp...