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...

Aspergillus infections have grown in importance in the last years. However, most of the studies have focused on Aspergillus fumigatus, the most prevalent species in the genus. In certain locales and hospitals, Aspergillus flavus is more common in air than A. fumigatus, for unclear reasons. After A. fumigatus, A. flavus is the second leading cause of invasive aspergillosis and it is the most com...

The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of lucknomycin, a new polyenic derivative, were determined for 101 clinical isolates of Candida, 38 clinical or environmental strains of Aspergillus fumigatus, and 30 isolates of A. niger. The most susceptible species were Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis (mean MIC, 0.4 micrograms/ml). Aspergillus spp. were less susceptible, with mean MICs of ...

1185 Abstract The etiologic significance of Aspergillus fumigatus, a saprobic organism, has been described in a young pigeon which died due to severe respiratory distress. The fungus was easily demonstrated in the pneumonic lung both by cultural isolation as well as direct microscopy. The bird was kept in captivity and was given mouldy feed. Epidemiological investigation revealed the high conce...

Elastolytic and elastase inhibitory activities were investigated for 13 strains of Aspergillus fumigatus, three strains of Aspergillus flavus and three strains of Aspergillus niger. Nine of the 13 strains of A. fumigatus and all strains of A. flavus demonstrated elastase activity (more than 1 unit ml(-1)). Six of the 13 strains of A. fumigatus and all strains of A. flavus expressed elastase inh...

There are few studies about post-cardiac surgery fungal infections especially by Aspergillus fumigatus. In this paper we report a case of Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis after tetralogy of Fallot total correction (TFTC), and permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation. A five-year-old female patient with current history of total correction of tetralogy of fallot was admitted in Rajaie Ca...

The specifity of gene encoding the ribotoxin protein in Aspergillus fumigatus was determined by PCR amplification of a portion of the gene. All A. fumigatus strains studied showed the presence of amplifiable ribotoxin product, while none of the other fungal species, with the exception of Aspergillus restrictus, showed this amplification product. Hence, this method may be used for rapid and spec...

BACKGROUND The enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting IgG antibodies to Aspergillus fumigatus is more sensitive than the measurement of Aspergillus precipitins. The relation of the results from both techniques to the clinical pattern of disease in a large unselected group of patients from a large referral centre is unknown. METHODS The clinical relation of precipitins to Aspe...

the disposed wastes of zinc industries contain large amounts of heavy metals such as pb2+ and cd2+. these elements are considered as hazardous elements to human beings and other organisms. this study aims at introducing the fungal isolates that evolved to be compatible with waste deposits during the time and can absorb pb2+ and cd2+ions. during the spring and autumn in 2011, eight samples of se...

Few data exist to describe in vitro patterns of cross-resistance among large collections of clinical Aspergillus isolates, including those of species other than Aspergillus fumigatus. We examined 771 Aspergillus spp. clinical isolates collected from 2000 to 2006 as part of a global antifungal surveillance program (553 A. fumigatus, 76 A. flavus, 59 A. niger, 35 A. terreus, and 24 A. versicolor ...