We report the first case of human infection with the fungal plant pathogen Macrophomina phaseolina in a Sri Lankan-born Canadian man following a renal transplant in India. The patient subsequently succumbed to invasive infection with Scytalidium dimidiatum. Molecular sequence analysis confirmed the identification of both fungi and revealed that they are related species within the ascomycete fam...

Several biologically active keto-epoxides, containing a unique decalone with a spiro-ketal linkage through a naphthalene moiety, have been isolated from various fungi.1 ~ 7) In the course of our continuing search for new antitumor agents, two novel minor metabolites, Sch 50673 (1) and Sch 50676 (2) were discovered from the fungus, Nattrassia mangiferae (ATCC74078), in a large scale fermentation...

The authors report two cases of onychomycosis in the dystrophic form, one of them involving an HIV-positive patient, provoked by Scytalidium dimidiatum, previously called Scytalidium lignicola. The subject is reviewed from the taxonomic viewpoint, considering the anamorph Hendersonula toruloidea as a synonym of Nattrassia mangiferae, and having Scytalidium dimidiatum as the major synanamorph. A...

We report on a case of subcutaneous infection of the arm caused by the coelomycetous fungus Nattrassia mangiferae (formerly Hendersonula toruloidea) in a steroid-dependent diabetic man with chronic obstructive lung disease. The man was a resident of Arizona, where the fungus is known to be endemic on Eucalyptus camaldulensis and on citrus trees. Diagnosis of fungal infection was made by observa...

In recent years, Nattrassia mangiferae has received tremendous attention as a destructive plant pathogen that may potentially infect humans and animals. The was isolated from 61 species belonging to 47 genera 30 family plants but most frequently Cactaceae, Rosaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Anacardiaceae, Rutaceae hosts. To systematically comprehensively describe the progress, trends, hotspots of N. rese...