The percentage of positivity of combined PAS and culture was 79 (56%) and combined KOH and culture was 64 (45.4%), (Table 2). Comparing PAS test alone as an alternative method of diagnosis to combined KOH and culture (for both culture positive and culture negative cases) showed an overall sensitivity of 60.9% and specificity of 80.3%. When applied specifically to dermatophyte culture positive c...

one of the problems of public health in iran is mycotic inflection which its incidence is not known. the most important disease of them is dermatophytosis. in this regard, determination of various species of etiologic agent, infection source, the risk of contact to animals, and public training are necessary to perform epidemiologic studies. in this research 750 suspected samples (including 560 ...

There is an increasing knowledge and understanding of the role played by moulds in food spoilage. Especially the discovery of mycotoxin production in foods has highlighted the importance of moulds in food quality. It is, however, only within the last 5-10 years that major progresses have been made towards the prevention of spoilage caused by moulds. This is due to recent international agreement...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of various antifungal agents against moulds isolated from dermatological specimens. METHODS We identified 29 moulds from dermatological specimens between October 2012 and March 2013 by conventional methods. We performed antifungal susceptibility testing on six antifungal agents, amphotericin B, clotrimazole,...

Additive Manufacturing has significantly developed over the years and is widely used in most industrial applications. Rapid Tooling refers to manufacturing tools (moulds dies) using techniques. An essential application of 3D printing sand moulds for castings. Metal casting an energy-intensive process; a lot research gone into sustainability assessment traditional In this work, robust decision-m...