ABSTRACT Life-threatening infections caused by the encapsulated fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans have been increasing steadily over the past 10 years. Cryptococcus neoformans is recognized as the most frequent fungal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) in immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised patients. We report the development of a semi-nested- PCR-based assay for the ...

a young fisher's lovebird (agapornis fischeri), showed clinical symptoms with general weakness, diarrhea, ruffled feathers and unilateral extrarhinoectasia and died finally. gross necropsy revealed marked edema, congestion and hemorrhage on the distal part of the gizzard and proximal part of the duodenum. on microscopic examination, a large number of oval budding yeast-like fungi were observed ...

the armadillo could be considered as an experimental model for leprosy studies. mycobacterium leprae main host cells are macrophages and schwann cells. however, endocytosis and germicidal activities of armadillo macrophages and monocytes have not yet been evaluated. the aim of this research was to evaluate endocytosis and nbt-reduction activities of monocyte-derived macrophages (mdm) and monocy...

Numerous studies have demonstrated that people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (associated IAPP peptide aggregation) show an increased incidence of Alzheimer’s disease Aβ aggregation), but the mechanism responsible for this correlation is presently unknown. Here, we applied a yeast-based model to study interactions PrP TSEs) and Aβ42 peptide. We fluorescently tagged forms detergent-resistant aggr...

In yeast, aging is widely understood as the decline of physiological function and decreasing ability to adapt environmental changes. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has become an important model organism for investigation these processes. Yeast used in industrial processes (beer wine production), several stress conditions can influence its intracellular The aim this review summarize current knowledge ...

disseminated candidiasis is an opportunistic infection in immunosuppressed animals by candida species. the purposes of this study were to determine the predominant candidal forms in different tissues and tissue reactions. sixteen dogs were selected in this study. the treatment dogs were immunosuppressed by intravenous administration of cyclophosphamide and after 5 days, they were challenged wit...

several strains of saccharomyces cerevisiae were isolated from different sources. these strains were under taken for ethanol tolerance analysis and growth under stress condition. exponential phase to various concentrations of ethanol (2–26% v/v) for 1 h was used for isolation of resistant strains. viable cells were isolated and purified by inoculation of diluted samples on yeast extract peptone...