BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Zygomycosis is highly invasive fungal infection, with high mortality rate. In most of patients, diabetes mellitus is an underlying factor but in primary cutaneous zygomycosis, presentation may be different. Here we present the description of clinical presentation, fungi isolated and management of cases with cutaneous zygomycosis seen in a tertiary care hospital in north ...

The in vitro activity of isavuconazole against Mucorales isolates measured by EUCAST E.Def 9.2 and CLSI M38-A2 methodologies was investigated in comparison with those of amphotericin B, posaconazole, and voriconazole. Seventy-two isolates were included: 12 of Lichtheimia corymbifera, 5 of Lichtheimia ramosa, 5 of group I and 9 of group II of Mucor circinelloides, 9 of Rhizomucor pusillus, 26 of...

The use of recombinant antigens has been shown to improve both the sensitivity and the standardization of the serological diagnosis of Farmer's lung disease (FLD). The aim of this study was to complete the panel of recombinant antigens available for FLD serodiagnosis with antigens of Lichtheimia corymbifera, known to be involved in FLD. L. corymbifera proteins were thus separated by 2D electrop...

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection caused by fungi of the order Mucorales, environmental nonseptate molds widely distributed in soil, plants, and decaying materials [1]. Mucormycosis can be divided into the following categories on the basis of the site of infection: rhinocerebral, pulmonary, cutaneous, and disseminated [2-4]. The most common clinical presentation is rhinocerebral diseas...

GW 471552, GW 471558, GW 479821, GW 515716, GW 570009, and GW 587270 are members of a new family of sordarin derivatives called azasordarins. The in vitro activities of these compounds were evaluated against clinical isolates of yeasts, including Candida albicans, Candida non-albicans, and Cryptococcus neoformans strains. Activities against Pneumocystis carinii, Aspergillus spp., less common mo...

Sir, Mucormycosis is an uncommon deep mycosis caused by eumycetes included in the Mucorale order that belong to the zygomycete class (1). Species of Rhizopus, Mucor and Absidia are the most frequently isolated zygomycotic fungi in human infected tissue (2). They can cause opportunistic infections in the immunocompromised host and in patients with underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus or...