Neutropenic dogs with systemic candidiasis were studied to establish quantitative relationships between tissue burdens of microorganisms and the kinetics of transfused granulocytes. Three groups of dogs rendered neutropenic by chemotherapy were evaluated. Group I consisted of 8 control dogs that were not challenged with Candida albicans; group II. 6 dogs challenged with 1 0#{176} C. albicans; g...

a 2-year-old male mynah (acridotheres tristis) was referred with history of abdominal hernia surgery, depression, cachexia, lethargy and swelling of foot joints. hematological and biochemical findings consisted of leukocytosis, heterophilia, monocytosis, elevation of liver enzymes activity, hyperproteinemia and hyperglobulinemia. fine needle aspiration (fna) was performed from foot joints, asep...

Many ascomycete yeast species from the Candida genus are widely distributed in nature and act as common saprophytic constituents of the normal human microflora. However, some of these fungal species can also become opportunistic pathogens following a transition from a commensal to a pathogenic phase, induced by alterations in the host environment. Candida species thereby rarely trigger infectio...

Candida is yeast responsible for the majority of the systemic invasive fungal infections in humans. The incidence of systemic Candida infections has increased, probably due to a rising number of patients with comorbidities and risk factors for invasive candidiasis. Candidemia is a life-threatening infection with high morbidity and mortality especially in individuals at greatest risk of fungal i...

Neonatal systemic candidiasis is increasingly being recognized as a cause of septicemia in the neonatal intensive care unit (2, 19, 26, 36, 59). Predisposing factors for candidemia and subsequently invasive infections include prematurity, prolonged exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics, the use of intravenous fat emulsions, the presence of necrotizing enterocolitis, prolonged intravascular cat...

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The pathogenesis of chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis is surveyed. Treatment comprises topical antifungal treatment which is insufficient, systemic antifungal treatment which is often followed by a rapid relapse, and specific immunotherapy with live tissue or transfer factor. Combination of systemic antifungal therapy and immunotherapy seems to be the most promising approach. However, no perman...