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Martin-Vicente A, Guarro J, Capilla J. Does a triple combination have better activity than double combinations against multiresistant fungi? Experimental in vitro evaluation. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2017; 49:422-426. [PMID: 28257903 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In this study, the in vitro interactions of amphotericin B (AmB), voriconazole (VRC) and anidulafungin (AFG) in double and triple combinations against four species of multiresistant fungi (Fusarium solani, Lomentospora prolificans, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis and Scopulariopsis brumptii) were evaluated. In general, AmB combined with AFG was the most synergistic, especially against F. solani (7/8; 87.5%) when low concentrations of AmB were used, i.e. 0.125-0.5 µg/mL. The least active combination was AmB + VRC, with the lowest percentage of synergy against S. brevicaulis (2/11; 18.2%) and, in general, high concentrations of both antifungals were needed to achieve synergy. The triple combination was also highly synergistic against F. solani and S. brevicaulis, especially when the lowest concentrations of AmB were used, suggesting that use of combined therapies would reduce the toxicity of therapy. The triple combination was more effective than the double combinations in some cases, but not against all strains, suggesting that administration of three drugs is not always useful in the treatment of infections due to multiresistant fungi.
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- Adela Martin-Vicente
- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carrer Sant Llorenç, 21.43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carrer Sant Llorenç, 21.43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carrer Sant Llorenç, 21.43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, 43201 Reus and Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (CITMA). A. P. 8029, Ciudad de La Habana 10800, Cuba
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical “Alejandro de Humboldt” (INIFAT) calle 1, esq. 2, Santiago de Las Vegas, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, C. P. 17200
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Instituto Antártico Argentino, Departamento de Biología, C/ Cerrito 1248 (1010), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, 43201 Reus, and Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Basrah, Iraq
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and Institut d'Estudis Avançats, C/Sant Llorenç, 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Instituto de Microbiología Clínica, Universidad Austral de Chile. Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, 43201 Reus and Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Kendra Rodríguez
- Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Carretera de Varona Km 3.5, Capdevila Boyeros, AP 8029, CP 10800, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, and Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- A.M. Stchigel
- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Apartado Postal 22-3100, Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Apartado Postal 22-3100, Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, IISPV, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciéncies de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, IISPV, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Giraldo A, Gené J, Cano J, de Hoog S, Decock C, Guarro J. Acremonium with catenate elongate conidia: phylogeny of Acremonium fusidioides and related species. Mycologia 2017. [DOI: 10.3852/13-158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- MUCL, Mycothèque de l’Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Perdomo H, García D, Gené J, Cano J, Sutton DA, Summerbell R, Guarro J. Phialemoniopsis, a new genus of Sordariomycetes, and new species ofPhialemoniumandLecythophora. Mycologia 2017; 105:398-421. [DOI: 10.3852/12-137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
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- Sporometrics, Inc. 219 Dufferin Street, Suite 20C, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 1Y9, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 223 College Street, Toronto Ontario, M5T 1R4
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
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Marin-Felix Y, Stchigel AM, Miller AN, Guarro J, Cano-Lira JF. A re-evaluation of the genus Myceliophthora (Sordariales, Ascomycota): its segregation into four genera and description of Corynascus fumimontanus sp. nov. Mycologia 2017; 107:619-32. [DOI: 10.3852/14-228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, Illinois 61820
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Madrid H, Cano J, Stchigel A, Gené J, Guarro J. Ramophialophora humicolaandFibulochlamys chilensis, two new microfungi from soil. Mycologia 2017; 102:605-12. [DOI: 10.3852/09-128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Crous P, Wingfield M, Burgess T, Hardy G, Crane C, Barrett S, Cano-Lira J, Le Roux J, Thangavel R, Guarro J, Stchigel A, Martín M, Alfredo D, Barber P, Barreto R, Baseia I, Cano-Canals J, Cheewangkoon R, Ferreira R, Gené J, Lechat C, Moreno G, Roets F, Shivas R, Sousa J, Tan Y, Wiederhold N, Abell S, Accioly T, Albizu J, Alves J, Antoniolli Z, Aplin N, Araújo J, Arzanlou M, Bezerra J, Bouchara JP, Carlavilla J, Castillo A, Castroagudín V, Ceresini P, Claridge G, Coelho G, Coimbra V, Costa L, da Cunha K, da Silva S, Daniel R, de Beer Z, Dueñas M, Edwards J, Enwistle P, Fiuza P, Fournier J, García D, Gibertoni T, Giraud S, Guevara-Suarez M, Gusmão L, Haituk S, Heykoop M, Hirooka Y, Hofmann T, Houbraken J, Hughes D, Kautmanová I, Koppel O, Koukol O, Larsson E, Latha K, Lee D, Lisboa D, Lisboa W, López-Villalba Á, Maciel J, Manimohan P, Manjón J, Marincowitz S, Marney T, Meijer M, Miller A, Olariaga I, Paiva L, Piepenbring M, Poveda-Molero J, Raj K, Raja H, Rougeron A, Salcedo I, Samadi R, Santos T, Scarlett K, Seifert K, Shuttleworth L, Silva G, Silva M, Siqueira J, Souza-Motta C, Stephenson S, Sutton D, Tamakeaw N, Telleria M, Valenzuela-Lopez N, Viljoen A, Visagie C, Vizzini A, Wartchow F, Wingfield B, Yurchenko E, Zamora J, Groenewald J. Fungal Planet description sheets: 469-557. Persoonia 2016; 37:218-403. [PMID: 28232766 PMCID: PMC5315290 DOI: 10.3767/003158516x694499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia: Apiognomonia lasiopetali on Lasiopetalum sp., Blastacervulus eucalyptorum on Eucalyptus adesmophloia, Bullanockia australis (incl. Bullanockia gen. nov.) on Kingia australis, Caliciopsis eucalypti on Eucalyptus marginata, Celerioriella petrophiles on Petrophile teretifolia, Coleophoma xanthosiae on Xanthosia rotundifolia, Coniothyrium hakeae on Hakea sp., Diatrypella banksiae on Banksia formosa, Disculoides corymbiae on Corymbia calophylla, Elsinoë eelemani on Melaleuca alternifolia, Elsinoë eucalyptigena on Eucalyptus kingsmillii, Elsinoë preissianae on Eucalyptus preissiana, Eucasphaeria rustici on Eucalyptus creta, Hyweljonesia queenslandica (incl. Hyweljonesia gen. nov.) on the cocoon of an unidentified microlepidoptera, Mycodiella eucalypti (incl. Mycodiella gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus diversicolor, Myrtapenidiella sporadicae on Eucalyptus sporadica, Neocrinula xanthorrhoeae (incl. Neocrinula gen. nov.) on Xanthorrhoea sp., Ophiocordyceps nooreniae on dead ant, Phaeosphaeriopsis agavacearum on Agave sp., Phlogicylindrium mokarei on Eucalyptus sp., Phyllosticta acaciigena on Acacia suaveolens, Pleurophoma acaciae on Acacia glaucoptera, Pyrenochaeta hakeae on Hakea sp., Readeriella lehmannii on Eucalyptus lehmannii, Saccharata banksiae on Banksia grandis, Saccharata daviesiae on Daviesia pachyphylla, Saccharata eucalyptorum on Eucalyptus bigalerita, Saccharata hakeae on Hakea baxteri, Saccharata hakeicola on Hakea victoria, Saccharata lambertiae on Lambertia ericifolia, Saccharata petrophiles on Petrophile sp., Saccharata petrophilicola on Petrophile fastigiata, Sphaerellopsis hakeae on Hakea sp., and Teichospora kingiae on Kingia australis.Brazil: Adautomilanezia caesalpiniae (incl. Adautomilanezia gen. nov.) on Caesalpina echinata, Arthrophiala arthrospora (incl. Arthrophiala gen. nov.) on Sagittaria montevidensis, Diaporthe caatingaensis (endophyte from Tacinga inamoena), Geastrum ishikawae on sandy soil, Geastrum pusillipilosum on soil, Gymnopus pygmaeus on dead leaves and sticks, Inonotus hymenonitens on decayed angiosperm trunk, Pyricularia urashimae on Urochloa brizantha, and Synnemellisia aurantia on Passiflora edulis. Chile: Tubulicrinis australis on Lophosoria quadripinnata.France: Cercophora squamulosa from submerged wood, and Scedosporium cereisporum from fluids of a wastewater treatment plant. Hawaii: Beltraniella acaciae, Dactylaria acaciae, Rhexodenticula acaciae, Rubikia evansii and Torula acaciae (all on Acacia koa).India: Lepidoderma echinosporum on dead semi-woody stems, and Rhodocybe rubrobrunnea from soil. Iran: Talaromyces kabodanensis from hypersaline soil. La Réunion: Neocordana musarum from leaves of Musa sp. Malaysia: Anungitea eucalyptigena on Eucalyptus grandis × pellita, Camptomeriphila leucaenae (incl. Camptomeriphila gen. nov.) on Leucaena leucocephala, Castanediella communis on Eucalyptus pellita, Eucalyptostroma eucalypti (incl. Eucalyptostroma gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus pellita, Melanconiella syzygii on Syzygium sp., Mycophilomyces periconiae (incl. Mycophilomyces gen. nov.) as hyperparasite on Periconia on leaves of Albizia falcataria, Synnemadiella eucalypti (incl. Synnemadiella gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus pellita, and Teichospora nephelii on Nephelium lappaceum.Mexico: Aspergillus bicephalus from soil. New Zealand: Aplosporella sophorae on Sophora microphylla, Libertasomyces platani on Platanus sp., Neothyronectria sophorae (incl. Neothyronectria gen. nov.) on Sophora microphylla, Parastagonospora phoenicicola on Phoenix canariensis, Phaeoacremonium pseudopanacis on Pseudopanax crassifolius, Phlyctema phoenicis on Phoenix canariensis, and Pseudoascochyta novae-zelandiae on Cordyline australis.Panama: Chalara panamensis from needle litter of Pinus cf. caribaea. South Africa: Exophiala eucalypti on leaves of Eucalyptus sp., Fantasmomyces hyalinus (incl. Fantasmomyces gen. nov.) on Acacia exuvialis, Paracladophialophora carceris (incl. Paracladophialophora gen. nov.) on Aloe sp., and Umthunziomyces hagahagensis (incl. Umthunziomyces gen. nov.) on Mimusops caffra.Spain: Clavaria griseobrunnea on bare ground in Pteridium aquilinum field, Cyathus ibericus on small fallen branches of Pinus halepensis, Gyroporus pseudolacteus in humus of Pinus pinaster, and Pseudoascochyta pratensis (incl. Pseudoascochyta gen. nov.) from soil. Thailand: Neoascochyta adenii on Adenium obesum, and Ochroconis capsici on Capsicum annuum. UK: Fusicolla melogrammae from dead stromata of Melogramma campylosporum on bark of Carpinus betulus. Uruguay: Myrmecridium pulvericola from house dust. USA: Neoscolecobasidium agapanthi (incl. Neoscolecobasidium gen. nov.) on Agapanthus sp., Polyscytalum purgamentum on leaf litter, Pseudopithomyces diversisporus from human toenail, Saksenaea trapezispora from knee wound of a soldier, and Sirococcus quercus from Quercus sp. Morphological and culture characteristics along with DNA barcodes are provided.
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- P.W. Crous
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Department of Parks and Wildlife, Vegetation Health Service, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Bentley, WA 6983, Australia
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- Department of Parks and Wildlife Albany District, 120 Albany Highway, Albany, WA 6330, Australia
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, Manatū Ahu Matua, 231 Morrin Road, St Johns, Auckland 1072, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Pós-graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- ArborCarbon, 1 City Farm Place, East Perth, Western Australia, 6004 Australia
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- I.E.S Gabriel Ferrater i Soler, Ctra. de Montblanc, 5-9, 43206 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Pós-graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Ascofrance, 64 route de Chizé, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, GPO Box 267, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, GPO Box 267, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA
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- Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns 4870, Queensland, Australia
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Aranzadi Society of Sciences, Mycology section, Zorroagagaina 11, P.C. 200014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência do Solo, CCR, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima n°1000, Campus, Bairro Camobi, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil
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- 21 Shetland Close, Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 7YZ, England, UK
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- Center of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Millennium Science Complex, University Park Campus, Pennsylvania State University, USA
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Departamento de Micologia Prof. Chaves Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- GEIHP - EA 3142, Université d’Angers, Institut de Biologie en Santé PBH-IRIS CHU, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933 Angers Cedex 9, France
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- UNESP-University of São Paulo State, Av. Brasil no. 56, 15385-000, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil
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- UNESP-University of São Paulo State, Av. Brasil no. 56, 15385-000, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fundamentos da Educação, CCR, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima n°1000, Campus, Bairro Camobi, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Nelson Chaves, s/n, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Dermatology Laboratory (SML), University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Department of Primary Industries, Private Bag 4008, Narellan 2567, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- AgriBio Centre for AgriBiosciences, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, 5 Ring Road, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083 Australia
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- North East Agricultural Services, McLeans Ridges 2480, NSW, Australia
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Nelson Chaves, s/n, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- GEIHP - EA 3142, Université d’Angers, Institut de Biologie en Santé PBH-IRIS CHU, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933 Angers Cedex 9, France
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada; Department of Clinical Plant Science, Faculty of Bioscience, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Herbarium UCH, Mycological Research Center (CIMi), Autonomous University of Chiriquí (UNACHI), 0427, David, Chiriquí Province, Panama
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Millennium Science Complex, University Park Campus, Pennsylvania State University, USA
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- Slovak National Museum-Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 13, 810 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-12801, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673 635, India
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- Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation-Wheat (EMBRAPA-Trigo), Caixa Postal 3081, Rodovia BR-285 Km 294, 99050-970 Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673 635, India
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, GPO Box 267, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Departamento de Micologia Prof. Chaves Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Mycology, Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF), Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, DE-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673 635, India
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- University of North Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27402, USA
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- GEIHP - EA 3142, Université d’Angers, Institut de Biologie en Santé PBH-IRIS CHU, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933 Angers Cedex 9, France
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Department of Primary Industries, Private Bag 4008, Narellan 2567, Australia
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- Departamento de Micologia Prof. Chaves Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Micologia Prof. Chaves Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology, Paleski State University, Dnyaprouskai flatylii str. 23, BY-225710, Pinsk, Belarus
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Martin-Vicente A, Capilla J, Guarro J. Synergistic effect of anidulafungin combined with posaconazole in experimental aspergillosis. Med Mycol 2016; 55:457-460. [DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myw110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chander J, Singla N, Kaur M, Punia RS, Attri A, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Cano-Lira JF, Stchigel AM, Guarro J. Saksenaea erythrospora, an emerging mucoralean fungus causing severe necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections - a study from a tertiary care hospital in north India . Infect Dis (Lond) 2016; 49:170-177. [PMID: 27701965 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2016.1239027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Saksenaea erythrospora is an emerging and recently described pathogenic fungus mainly causing invasive cutaneous infections. Globally, very few human cases, caused by S. erythrospora, have been reported. In India, among the genus Saksenaea, S. vasiformis was the only reported pathogenic species, until recently when a case of fungal rhinosinusitis was reported to be caused by S. erythrospora. We observed five human cases of necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections caused by S. erythrospora following traumatic implantation over 1-year study period. METHODS The study was conducted for a year observing the causative role of Saksenaea species in primary cutaneous necrotizing infections. The clinical entities were diagnosed by both microbiological and histopathological examination of the skin biopsies. The final identification of fungal strains was done by comparing internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and D1-D2 domains of the LSU (larger subunit) of the nuclear ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences with those of type strains of the different species of Saksenaea. RESULTS Out of total 23 cases of necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections, 5 were caused by S. erythrospora. Intramuscular injection into the gluteal region was the predisposing factor in four patients, while upper limb involvement, following medicated adhesive tape application, was seen in one patient. All patients were treated with liposomal amphotericin B (LAMB) along with extensive debridement of necrotic tissues. Four patients responded well however one died. CONCLUSION Saksenaea erythrospora is an emerging mucoralean fungus isolated in India among patients undergoing inadvertent I/M injections entailing necrotizing fasciitis at the local site.
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- Jagdish Chander
- a Department of Microbiology , Government Medical College Hospital , Chandigarh , India
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- a Department of Microbiology , Government Medical College Hospital , Chandigarh , India
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- a Department of Microbiology , Government Medical College Hospital , Chandigarh , India
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- a Department of Microbiology , Government Medical College Hospital , Chandigarh , India
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- a Department of Microbiology , Government Medical College Hospital , Chandigarh , India
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- c Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili , Reus , Spain
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- c Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili , Reus , Spain
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Thomson P, Mayayo E, López-Fernández L, Guarro J, Capilla J. Combined antifungal therapy against systemic murine infections by rare Cryptococcus species. Mycoses 2016; 60:112-117. [PMID: 27696562 DOI: 10.1111/myc.12569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cryptococcus albidus and Cryptococcus laurentii are uncommon species of this genus that in recent decades have increasingly caused opportunistic infections in humans, mainly in immunocompromised patients; the best therapy for such infection being unknown. Using a murine model of systemic infection by these fungi, we have evaluated the efficacy of amphotericin B (AMB) at 0.8 mg/kg, administered intravenously, fluconazole (FLC) or voriconazole (VRC), both administered orally, at 25 mg/kg and the combination of AMB plus VRC against three C. albidus and two C. laurentii strains. All the treatments significantly reduced the fungal burden in all the organs studied. The combination showed a synergistic effect in the reduction in fungal load, working better than both monotherapies. The histopathological study confirmed the efficacy of the treatments.
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- Pamela Thomson
- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat d'Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Sanchis M, Sutton DA, Wiederhold NP, Guarro J, Capilla J. Efficacy of echinocandins against murine infections by Diutina (Candida) rugosa. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2016; 86:61-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sandoval-Denis M, Guarro J, Cano-Lira JF, Sutton DA, Wiederhold NP, de Hoog GS, Abbott SP, Decock C, Sigler L, Gené J. Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Microascaceae with emphasis on synnematous fungi. Stud Mycol 2016; 83:193-233. [PMID: 27616803 PMCID: PMC5007882 DOI: 10.1016/j.simyco.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The taxonomy of the synnematous genera Cephalotrichum, Doratomyces and Trichurus, and other related genera Gamsia, Wardomyces and Wardomycopsis, has been controversial and relies mainly on morphological criteria. These are microascaceous saprobic fungi mostly found in air and soil and with a worldwide distribution. In order to clarify their taxonomy and to delineate generic boundaries within the Microascaceae, we studied 57 isolates that include clinical, environmental and all the available ex-type strains of a large set of species by means of morphological, physiological and molecular phylogenetic analyses using DNA sequence data of four loci (the ITS region, and fragments of rDNA LSU, translation elongation factor 1α and β-tubulin). The results demonstrate that Cephalotrichum, Doratomyces and Trichurus are congeneric and the genus Cephalotrichum is accepted here with Echinobotryum as a further synonym. The genera Acaulium and Fairmania, typified by A. albonigrescens and F. singularis, respectively, are distinct from Microascus and Scopulariopsis, Gamsia is distinct from Wardomyces, and Wardomycopsis is confirmed as a separate genus in the Microascaceae. Two new species of Cephalotrichum are described as C. brevistipitatum and C. hinnuleum. Nine new combinations are proposed, i.e. Acaulium acremonium, A. caviariforme, Cephalotrichum asperulum, C. columnare, C. cylindricum, C. dendrocephalum, C. gorgonifer, Gamsia columbina and Wardomyces giganteus. A neotype is designed for C. stemonitis. Lectotypes and epitypes are designated for A. acremonium, A. albonigrescens, C. gorgonifer, C. nanum and W. anomalus. Cephalotrichum cylindricum, C. microsporum, F. singularis and Gamsia columbina are also epitypified with new specimens. Descriptions of the phenotypic features and dichotomous keys for identification are provided for accepted species in the different genera.
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- M Sandoval-Denis
- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain; Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Natural Link Mold Lab, Inc., 4900 Mill Street, Suite 3, Reno, NV 89502, USA
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- Mycothèque de l'Université Catholique de Louvain (MUCL, BCCMTM), Earth and Life Institute - Microbiology (ELIM), Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 bte L7.05.06, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium (UAMH), Devonian Botanic Garden, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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Kantarcioglu AS, Guarro J, de Hoog GS, Apaydin H, Kiraz N, Balkan II, Ozaras R. A case of central nervous system infection due to Cladophialophora bantiana. Rev Iberoam Micol 2016; 33:237-241. [PMID: 27453395 DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Revised: 12/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cladophialophora bantiana is a melanised mold with a pronounced tropism for the central nervous system, almost exclusively causing human brain abscesses. CASE REPORT We describe a case of cerebral infection by this fungus in an otherwise healthy 28-year-old coal-miner. Environmental occurrence, route of entry, and incubation period of this fungus are unknown, but our case is informative in that the first symptoms occurred about eight weeks after known traumatic inoculation. Lesions were compatible with tuberculous granulomas, and the patient initially received antitubercular treatment. Melanised fungal cells were seen in a brain biopsy and abscess materials. Therapy was switched from empirical antitubercular treatment to amphotericin B (0.5mg/kg/d), but was changed to voriconazole 200mg/d, i.v. on the basis of antifungal susceptibility test results. The patient responded clinically, and gradually improved. The isolate was identified by sequencing of the Internal Transcribed Spacer domain of rDNA. CONCLUSIONS Given the non-specific clinical manifestations of C. bantiana cerebral abscesses, clinicians and laboratory workers should suspect infections caused by C. bantiana, particularly in immunocompromised patients with a trauma history.
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- A Serda Kantarcioglu
- Mycology Unit, Department of Medical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, 34098 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, E-43201 Reus, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, 34098 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Mycology Unit, Department of Medical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, 34098 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Bacteriology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, 34098 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Bacteriology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, 34098 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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Sandoval-Denis M, Gené J, Sutton D, Wiederhold N, Cano-Lira J, Guarro J. New species of Cladosporium associated with human and animal infections. Persoonia 2016; 36:281-98. [PMID: 27616793 PMCID: PMC4988372 DOI: 10.3767/003158516x691951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cladosporium is mainly known as a ubiquitous environmental saprobic fungus or plant endophyte, and to date, just a few species have been documented as etiologic agents in vertebrate hosts, including humans. In the present study, 10 new species of the genus were isolated from human and animal clinical specimens from the USA. They are proposed and characterized on the basis of their morphology and a molecular phylogenetic analysis using DNA sequences from three loci (the ITS region of the rDNA, and partial fragments of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha and actin genes). Six of those species belong to the C. cladosporioides species complex, i.e., C. alboflavescens, C. angulosum, C. anthropophilum, C. crousii, C. flavovirens and C. xantochromaticum, three new species belong to the C. herbarum species complex, i.e., C. floccosum, C. subcinereum and C. tuberosum; and one to the C. sphaerospermum species complex, namely, C. succulentum. Differential morphological features of the new taxa are provided together with molecular barcodes to distinguish them from the currently accepted species of the genus.
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- M. Sandoval-Denis
- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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Sanchis M, Capilla J, Castanheira M, Martin-Vicente A, Sutton DA, Fothergill AW, Wiederhold NP, Guarro J. Voriconazole minimum inhibitory concentrations are predictive of treatment outcome in experimental murine infections by Candida glabrata. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2016; 47:286-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2015.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Guevara-Suarez M, Cano-Lira JF, de García MCC, Sopo L, De Bedout C, Cano LE, García AM, Motta A, Amézquita A, Cárdenas M, Espinel-Ingroff A, Guarro J, Restrepo S, Celis A. Genotyping of Fusarium Isolates from Onychomycoses in Colombia: Detection of Two New Species Within the Fusarium solani Species Complex and In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Testing. Mycopathologia 2016; 181:165-74. [PMID: 26943726 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-016-9983-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Fusariosis have been increasing in Colombia in recent years, but its epidemiology is poorly known. We have morphologically and molecularly characterized 89 isolates of Fusarium obtained between 2010 and 2012 in the cities of Bogotá and Medellín. Using a multi-locus sequence analysis of rDNA internal transcribed spacer, a fragment of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (Tef-1α) and of the RNA-dependent polymerase subunit II (Rpb2) genes, we identified the phylogenetic species and circulating haplotypes. Since most of the isolates studied were from onychomycoses (nearly 90 %), we carried out an epidemiological study to determine the risk factors associated with such infections. Five phylogenetic species of the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC), i.e., F. falciforme, F. keratoplasticum, F. lichenicola, F. petroliphilum, and FSSC 6 as well as two of the Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC), i.e., FOSC 3 and FOSC 4, were identified. The most prevalent species were FOSC 3 (38.2%) followed by F. keratoplasticum (33.7%). In addition, our isolates were distributed into 23 haplotypes (14 into FOSC and nine into FSSC). Two of the FSSC phylogenetic species and two haplotypes of FSSC were not described before. Our results demonstrate that recipients of pedicure treatments have a lower probability of acquiring onychomycosis than those not receiving such treatments. The antifungal susceptibility of all the isolates to five clinically available agents showed that amphotericin B was the most active drug, while the azoles exhibited lower in vitro activity.
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- Marcela Guevara-Suarez
- Laboratorio de Micología y Fitopatología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No 18A-10, Bogotá, Colombia.,Unitat de Micología, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Micología, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Micología y Fitopatología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No 18A-10, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Laboratorio Especializado de Micología Médica (LEMM), Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Micología Médica y Experimental, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia
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- Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Medellín, Colombia
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- Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia.,Hospital Simón Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Ecofisiología, Comportamiento y Herpetología (GECOH), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Micología y Fitopatología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No 18A-10, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Unitat de Micología, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Micología y Fitopatología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No 18A-10, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Micología y Fitopatología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No 18A-10, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Sanchis M, Martin-Vicente A, Capilla J, Guarro J. Antifungal therapies in murine infections byCandida kefyr. Mycoses 2016; 59:253-258. [DOI: 10.1111/myc.12468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Marta Sanchis
- Unitat de Microbiologia; Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut; IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Reus Tarragona Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia; Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut; IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Reus Tarragona Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia; Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut; IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Reus Tarragona Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia; Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut; IISPV; Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Reus Tarragona Spain
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Jagielski T, Sandoval-Denis M, Yu J, Yao L, Bakuła Z, Kalita J, Skóra M, Krzyściak P, de Hoog GS, Guarro J, Gené J. Molecular taxonomy of scopulariopsis-like fungi with description of new clinical and environmental species. Fungal Biol 2016; 120:586-602. [PMID: 27020159 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The taxonomy of scopulariopsis-like fungi, comprising numerous human opportunistic species, has recently been reassessed with delineation of the genera Microascus, Pithoascus, Pseudoscopulariopsis, and Scopulariopsis, using morphological data and multilocus sequence analysis based on four loci (ITS, LSU, EF-1α, and TUB). In this study, the same genetic markers were used to investigate a set of clinical and environmental isolates, morphologically identified as Microascus and Scopulariopsis spp. The ingroups of the concatenated phylogenetic tree resolved 41 species clades, with isolates distributed in four main lineages corresponding to the genera Microascus, Pithoascus, Scopulariopsis, and newly established genus Fuscoannellis, typified by Scopulariopsis carbonaria. The new species Microascus chinensis, Microascus onychoides, Microascus pseudolongirostris, Pithoascus lunatus, and Scopulariopsis macurae were described. Microascus trigonosporus var. terreus and Scopulariopsis alboflavescens were found different from M. trigonosporus and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, respectively. All the species identified in the study, except Fuscoannellis carbonaria and S. macurae, originated from clinical samples, suggesting their potential role in human disease. The use of a four marker combination was demonstrated an efficient and reliable approach to infer phylogenetic relationships among the scopulariopsis-like fungi. Yet, the only genetic marker able to discriminate all species was EF-1α, therefore proposed as a secondary barcode for the identification of these fungi.
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- Tomasz Jagielski
- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University Health Science Center, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University Health Science Center, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Mycology, Chair of Microbiology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Mycology, Chair of Microbiology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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Sanchis M, Guarro J, Sutton DA, Fothergill AW, Wiederhold N, Capilla J. Voriconazole and posaconazole therapy for experimental Candida lusitaniae infection. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2015; 84:48-51. [PMID: 26456387 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The in vitro activity of posaconazole (PSC) and voriconazole (VRC) was tested by using time-kill studies against 3 strains of Candida lusitaniae. Both drugs showed fungistatic activity against all strains. The efficacy of those compounds was evaluated by reducing kidney fungal burden and by determining (1→3)-β-d-glucan serum levels in a murine model of invasive infection of C. lusitaniae. The therapies tested were VRC at 10, 25, or 40 mg/kg/day and PSC at 5, 12.5, or 20 mg/kg/twice a day. All the dosages showed efficacy in a dose-dependant manner being high doses of both antifungals able to sterilize some kidneys after 10 days. With the exception of the strain FMR 9474, against which PSC was more effective than VRC, no differences in reducing tissue burden were found between the treatments. All doses of both antifungals were able to significantly reduce (1→3)-β-d-glucan serum levels with no significant differences between treatments and between the same doses of both drugs.
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- Marta Sanchis
- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
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Cutuli M, Gibello A, Rodriguez-Bertos A, Blanco MM, Villarroel M, Giraldo A, Guarro J. Skin and subcutaneous mycoses in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) caused by Fusarium oxysporum in coinfection with Aeromonas hydrophila. Med Mycol Case Rep 2015; 9:7-11. [PMID: 26155462 PMCID: PMC4491647 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Revised: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Subcutaneous mycoses in freshwater fish are rare infections usually caused by oomycetes of the genus Saprolegnia and some filamentous fungi. To date, Fusarium infections in farmed fish have only been described in marine fish. Here, we report the presence of Fusarium oxysporum in subcutaneous lesions of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Histopathologic evaluation revealed granuloma formation with fungal structures, and the identity of the etiological agent was demonstrated by morphological and molecular analyses. Some of the animals died as a result of systemic coinfection with Aeromonas hydrophila.
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- M. Teresa Cutuli
- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Complutense University, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Complutense University, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Animal Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Complutense University, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Complutense University, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Department of Animal Science, E.T.S.I.A. Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus 43201, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus 43201, Spain
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Chander J, Kaur M, Bhalla M, Punia RS, Singla N, Bhola K, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Stchigel AM, Guarro J. Changing Epidemiology of Mucoralean Fungi: Chronic Cutaneous Infection Caused by Mucor irregularis. Mycopathologia 2015; 180:181-6. [PMID: 26170185 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-015-9908-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The fungi pertaining to order Mucorales usually cause an acute form of clinical disease called mucormycosis. A primary chronic presentation in an immunocompetent patient is a rare form of mucormycosis. Mucor irregularis is known for causing chronic cutaneous infections geographically confined to Asia, mainly in China. We describe a case of primary chronic cutaneous mucormycosis caused by M. irregularis from a new geographical niche in India, highlighting changing aspects of its epidemiology. CASE PRESENTATION The patient was a farmer with a history of skin lesions over the lower limb for the past 6 years. The biopsy taken from the lesions showed pauci-septate hyphae with right-angle branching on KOH wet mount as well as special fungal stains. On fungal culture, greyish-white cottony mycelial growth of Mucormycetes was obtained. The strain was finally identified as M. irregularis on macro- and microscopic features on 2 % MEA and DNA sequencing. The antifungal susceptibility was done using EUCAST broth microdilution method and was found to be susceptible to commonly used antifungal agents. The patient was started on oral itraconazole and saturated solution of potassium iodide (SSKI). While undergoing treatment for 2 months, he was lost to follow-up, however, after a year when he recently visited the hospital; the disease got completely healed with no new crops of skin lesions. CONCLUSION Mucoralean fungi should also be suspected in cases with chronic presentation, in immunocompetent host, as there is emergence of such fungi in new endemic areas, particularly located in Asia. The role of other antifungal agents apart from amphotericin B for the treatment of chronic mucormycosis needs to be explored.
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- Jagdish Chander
- Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, 160030, India,
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Marin-Felix Y, Stchigel AM, Cano-Lira JF, Sanchis M, Mayayo E, Guarro J. Emmonsiellopsis, a new genus related to the thermally dimorphic fungi of the family Ajellomycetaceae. Mycoses 2015; 58:451-60. [PMID: 26095094 DOI: 10.1111/myc.12336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Two interesting fungi were isolated from fluvial sediments collected in the North of Spain. They were morphologically related to the thermally dimorphic fungi of the family Ajellomycetaceae, but the analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of the rDNA, and the domains D1 and D2 of the 28S rRNA gene sequences confirmed that they were different from all the species described in that family. They were accommodated in the new genus Emmonsiellopsis as E. coralliformis sp. nov. and E. terrestris sp. nov. The two species are distinguished mainly by the maximum temper-ature of growth (up to 33 °C for E. coralliformis and to 42 °C for E. terrestris), the dendritic mycelium of E. coralliformis and the conidial ornamentation (verrucose in E. coralliformis and spinulose in E. terrestris). In addition, the phylogenetic data demonstrated that Ajellomyces griseus also represents a new genus within the Ajellomycetaceae, namely Helicocarpus. This new genus is easily distinguished by the lack of asexual morph, the production of brownish gymnothecial ascomata and oblate to lenticular, sparingly pitted ascospores. The proposal of both new genera was confirmed by the analysis of actin gene sequences.
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- Y Marin-Felix
- Mycology Unit, Medical School & IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School & IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School & IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School & IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School & IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School & IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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Hernández-Restrepo M, Gené J, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Mena-Portales J, Guarro J. Emendation of the genus Bactrodesmiastrum (Sordariomycetes) and description of Bactrodesmiastrum monilioides sp. nov. from plant debris in Spain. Mycol Prog 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-015-1067-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sanchis M, Capilla J, Mayayo E, Pastor FJ, Guarro J. Experimental efficacy of anidulafungin againstAspergillus terreusspecies complex. Med Mycol 2015; 53:630-5. [DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myv027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Irinyi L, Serena C, Garcia-Hermoso D, Arabatzis M, Desnos-Ollivier M, Vu D, Cardinali G, Arthur I, Normand AC, Giraldo A, da Cunha KC, Sandoval-Denis M, Hendrickx M, Nishikaku AS, de Azevedo Melo AS, Merseguel KB, Khan A, Parente Rocha JA, Sampaio P, da Silva Briones MR, e Ferreira RC, de Medeiros Muniz M, Castañón-Olivares LR, Estrada-Barcenas D, Cassagne C, Mary C, Duan SY, Kong F, Sun AY, Zeng X, Zhao Z, Gantois N, Botterel F, Robbertse B, Schoch C, Gams W, Ellis D, Halliday C, Chen S, Sorrell TC, Piarroux R, Colombo AL, Pais C, de Hoog S, Zancopé-Oliveira RM, Taylor ML, Toriello C, de Almeida Soares CM, Delhaes L, Stubbe D, Dromer F, Ranque S, Guarro J, Cano-Lira JF, Robert V, Velegraki A, Meyer W. International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ITS reference DNA barcoding database--the quality controlled standard tool for routine identification of human and animal pathogenic fungi. Med Mycol 2015; 53:313-37. [PMID: 25802363 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myv008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Human and animal fungal pathogens are a growing threat worldwide leading to emerging infections and creating new risks for established ones. There is a growing need for a rapid and accurate identification of pathogens to enable early diagnosis and targeted antifungal therapy. Morphological and biochemical identification methods are time-consuming and require trained experts. Alternatively, molecular methods, such as DNA barcoding, a powerful and easy tool for rapid monophasic identification, offer a practical approach for species identification and less demanding in terms of taxonomical expertise. However, its wide-spread use is still limited by a lack of quality-controlled reference databases and the evolving recognition and definition of new fungal species/complexes. An international consortium of medical mycology laboratories was formed aiming to establish a quality controlled ITS database under the umbrella of the ISHAM working group on "DNA barcoding of human and animal pathogenic fungi." A new database, containing 2800 ITS sequences representing 421 fungal species, providing the medical community with a freely accessible tool at http://www.isham.org/ and http://its.mycologylab.org/ to rapidly and reliably identify most agents of mycoses, was established. The generated sequences included in the new database were used to evaluate the variation and overall utility of the ITS region for the identification of pathogenic fungi at intra-and interspecies level. The average intraspecies variation ranged from 0 to 2.25%. This highlighted selected pathogenic fungal species, such as the dermatophytes and emerging yeast, for which additional molecular methods/genetic markers are required for their reliable identification from clinical and veterinary specimens.
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- Laszlo Irinyi
- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Bioscurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Bioscurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia Unitat de Recerca, Hospital Joan XXIII, Institut de Investigacio Sanitaria Rovira I Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institut Pasteur, National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses and Antifungals, Molecular Mycology Unit; CNRS URA3012, Paris, France
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- Mycology Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, the University of Athens Hellenic Collection of Pathogenic Fungi (UOA/HCPF), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Institut Pasteur, National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses and Antifungals, Molecular Mycology Unit; CNRS URA3012, Paris, France
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- CBS-KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences-Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Mycology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Parasitology - Mycology, APHM, CHU Timone-Adultes, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, UMR MD3 IP-TPT, Marseille, France
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- BCCM/IHEM, Biomedical fungi and yeasts collection, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratório Especial de Micologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório Especial de Micologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Bioscurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Biology Department, School of Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Genômica e Biocomplexidade Evolutiva, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica e Biocomplexidade Evolutiva, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas (IPEC), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología (Unidad de Micología), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología (Unidad de Micología), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Parasitology - Mycology, APHM, CHU Timone-Adultes, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, UMR MD3 IP-TPT, Marseille, France
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- Parasitology - Mycology, APHM, CHU Timone-Adultes, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, UMR MD3 IP-TPT, Marseille, France
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Bioscurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- BDEEP-EA4547, CIIL, Institut Pasteur de Lille, CHU de Lille, Université de Lille2, Lille, France
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- Unité de Parasitologie - Mycologie, Dynamyc Team, CHU Henri Mondor, AP-HP, Créteil, France
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- CBS-KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Mycology and Infectious Diseases, SA Pathology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Bioscurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Bioscurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Parasitology - Mycology, APHM, CHU Timone-Adultes, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, UMR MD3 IP-TPT, Marseille, France
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- Laboratório Especial de Micologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Biology Department, School of Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- CBS-KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología (Unidad de Micología), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología (Unidad de Micología), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- BDEEP-EA4547, CIIL, Institut Pasteur de Lille, CHU de Lille, Université de Lille2, Lille, France
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- BCCM/IHEM, Biomedical fungi and yeasts collection, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut Pasteur, National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses and Antifungals, Molecular Mycology Unit; CNRS URA3012, Paris, France
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- Parasitology - Mycology, APHM, CHU Timone-Adultes, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, UMR MD3 IP-TPT, Marseille, France
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- CBS-KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Mycology Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, the University of Athens Hellenic Collection of Pathogenic Fungi (UOA/HCPF), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Bioscurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
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Serrano DR, Lalatsa A, Dea-Ayuela MA, Bilbao-Ramos PE, Garrett NL, Moger J, Guarro J, Capilla J, Ballesteros MP, Schätzlein AG, Bolás F, Torrado JJ, Uchegbu IF. Oral Particle Uptake and Organ Targeting Drives the Activity of Amphotericin B Nanoparticles. Mol Pharm 2015; 12:420-31. [DOI: 10.1021/mp500527x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dolores R. Serrano
- Departamento
de Farmacia y Tecnologia Farmaceutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- School
of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, St. Michael’s Building, White Swan Road, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, U.K
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- Departamento
de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Moncada, Valencia, 46113, Spain
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- Departamento
de Parasitologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- School
of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL, U.K
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- School
of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL, U.K
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- Facultat
de Medicina, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç
21, Reus, 43201, Spain
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- Facultat
de Medicina, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç
21, Reus, 43201, Spain
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- Departamento
de Farmacia y Tecnologia Farmaceutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Departamento
de Parasitologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Departamento
de Farmacia y Tecnologia Farmaceutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- UCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39,
Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AX, U.K
- Nanomerics Ltd., St. Albans, AL1 1SR, U.K
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Crous P, Wingfield M, Schumacher R, Summerell B, Giraldo A, Gené J, Guarro J, Wanasinghe D, Hyde K, Camporesi E, Gareth Jones E, Thambugala K, Malysheva E, Malysheva V, Acharya K, Álvarez J, Alvarado P, Assefa A, Barnes C, Bartlett J, Blanchette R, Burgess T, Carlavilla J, Coetzee M, Damm U, Decock C, den Breeÿen A, de Vries B, Dutta A, Holdom D, Rooney-Latham S, Manjón J, Marincowitz S, Mirabolfathy M, Moreno G, Nakashima C, Papizadeh M, Shahzadeh Fazeli S, Amoozegar M, Romberg M, Shivas R, Stalpers J, Stielow B, Stukely M, Swart W, Tan Y, van der Bank M, Wood A, Zhang Y, Groenewald J. Fungal Planet description sheets: 281-319. Persoonia 2014; 33:212-89. [PMID: 25737601 PMCID: PMC4312934 DOI: 10.3767/003158514x685680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from South Africa: Alanphillipsia aloeicola from Aloe sp., Arxiella dolichandrae from Dolichandra unguiscati, Ganoderma austroafricanum from Jacaranda mimosifolia, Phacidiella podocarpi and Phaeosphaeria podocarpi from Podocarpus latifolius, Phyllosticta mimusopisicola from Mimusops zeyheri and Sphaerulina pelargonii from Pelargonium sp. Furthermore, Barssia maroccana is described from Cedrus atlantica (Morocco), Codinaea pini from Pinus patula (Uganda), Crucellisporiopsis marquesiae from Marquesia acuminata (Zambia), Dinemasporium ipomoeae from Ipomoea pes-caprae (Vietnam), Diaporthe phragmitis from Phragmites australis (China), Marasmius vladimirii from leaf litter (India), Melanconium hedericola from Hedera helix (Spain), Pluteus albotomentosus and Pluteus extremiorientalis from a mixed forest (Russia), Rachicladosporium eucalypti from Eucalyptus globulus (Ethiopia), Sistotrema epiphyllum from dead leaves of Fagus sylvatica in a forest (The Netherlands), Stagonospora chrysopyla from Scirpus microcarpus (USA) and Trichomerium dioscoreae from Dioscorea sp. (Japan). Novel species from Australia include: Corynespora endiandrae from Endiandra introrsa, Gonatophragmium triuniae from Triunia youngiana, Penicillium coccotrypicola from Archontophoenix cunninghamiana and Phytophthora moyootj from soil. Novelties from Iran include Neocamarosporium chichastianum from soil and Seimatosporium pistaciae from Pistacia vera. Xenosonderhenia eucalypti and Zasmidium eucalyptigenum are newly described from Eucalyptus urophylla in Indonesia. Diaporthe acaciarum and Roussoella acacia are newly described from Acacia tortilis in Tanzania. New species from Italy include Comoclathris spartii from Spartium junceum and Phoma tamaricicola from Tamarix gallica. Novel genera include (Ascomycetes): Acremoniopsis from forest soil and Collarina from water sediments (Spain), Phellinocrescentia from a Phellinus sp. (French Guiana), Neobambusicola from Strelitzia nicolai (South Africa), Neocladophialophora from Quercus robur (Germany), Neophysalospora from Corymbia henryi (Mozambique) and Xenophaeosphaeria from Grewia sp. (Tanzania). Morphological and culture characteristics along with ITS DNA barcodes are provided for all taxa.
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- P.W. Crous
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mrs. Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Ofӿce, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
- Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science,Kunming 650201, Yunnan China
- Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Ofӿce, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
- Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science,Kunming 650201, Yunnan China
- Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- A.M.B. Gruppo Micologico Forlivese ‘Antonio Cicognani’, Via Roma 18, Forlì, Italy and A.M.B. Circolo Micologico ‘Giovanni Carini’,C.P.314,Brescia, Italy
- Società per gli Studi Naturalisticidella Romagna, C.P. 144, Bagnacavallo (RA), Italy
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saudi University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xiaohe District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province 550006, People’s Republic of China
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- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov St. 2, RUS-197376, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov St. 2, RUS-197376, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, India
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- ALVALAB, La Rochela 47, E-39012, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Madawalabu University, P.O. Box 247, Bale Robe, Ethiopia
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- Centro de Investigación, Estudios y Desarrollo de Ingeniería (CIEDI), Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Agropecuarias (FICA), Universidad de Las Américas, Calle José Queri s/n entre Av. Granados y Av. Eloy Alfaro, Quito, Ecuador
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- Biosecurity Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- University of Minnesota, 495 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, PF 300 154, 02806 Görlitz, Germany
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- Mycothèque de l’Université catholique de Louvain (MUCL, BCCM), Earth and Life Institute – ELIM – Mycology, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 bte L7.05.06, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute, P. Bag X5017, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa
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- Roerdomplaan 222, 7905 EL Hoogeveen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, India
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- Biosecurity Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- California Department of Food and Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832, USA
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, 1577 Kurima-machiya, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Iranian Biological Resource Center (IBRC), Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR) Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Biological Resource Center (IBRC), Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR) Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Biological Resource Center (IBRC), Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR) Tehran, Iran
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- USDA APHIS PPQ NIS, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Biosecurity Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Science Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, WA 6983, Australia
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Biosecurity Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
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- ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute, P. Bag X5017, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa
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- Institute of Microbiology, Beijing Forestry University, P.O. Box 61, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Tortorano AM, Richardson M, Roilides E, van Diepeningen A, Caira M, Munoz P, Johnson E, Meletiadis J, Pana ZD, Lackner M, Verweij P, Freiberger T, Cornely OA, Arikan-Akdagli S, Dannaoui E, Groll AH, Lagrou K, Chakrabarti A, Lanternier F, Pagano L, Skiada A, Akova M, Arendrup MC, Boekhout T, Chowdhary A, Cuenca-Estrella M, Guinea J, Guarro J, de Hoog S, Hope W, Kathuria S, Lortholary O, Meis JF, Ullmann AJ, Petrikkos G, Lass-Flörl C. ESCMID and ECMM joint guidelines on diagnosis and management of hyalohyphomycosis: Fusarium spp., Scedosporium spp. and others. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20 Suppl 3:27-46. [PMID: 24548001 DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Mycoses summarized in the hyalohyphomycosis group are heterogeneous, defined by the presence of hyaline (non-dematiaceous) hyphae. The number of organisms implicated in hyalohyphomycosis is increasing and the most clinically important species belong to the genera Fusarium, Scedosporium, Acremonium, Scopulariopsis, Purpureocillium and Paecilomyces. Severely immunocompromised patients are particularly vulnerable to infection, and clinical manifestations range from colonization to chronic localized lesions to acute invasive and/or disseminated diseases. Diagnosis usually requires isolation and identification of the infecting pathogen. A poor prognosis is associated with fusariosis and early therapy of localized disease is important to prevent progression to a more aggressive or disseminated infection. Therapy should include voriconazole and surgical debridement where possible or posaconazole as salvage treatment. Voriconazole represents the first-line treatment of infections due to members of the genus Scedosporium. For Acremonium spp., Scopulariopsis spp., Purpureocillium spp. and Paecilomyces spp. the optimal antifungal treatment has not been established. Management usually consists of surgery and antifungal treatment, depending on the clinical presentation.
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- A M Tortorano
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Chander J, Stchigel AM, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Jayant M, Bala K, Rani H, Handa U, Punia RS, Dalal U, Attri AK, Monzon A, Cano-Lira JF, Guarro J. Fungal necrotizing fasciitis, an emerging infectious disease caused by Apophysomyces (Mucorales). Rev Iberoam Micol 2014; 32:93-8. [PMID: 25576377 DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2014.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The mucoralean fungi are emerging causative agents of primary cutaneous infections presenting in the form of necrotizing fasciitis. AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate a series of suspected necrotizing fasciitis cases by Apophysomyces species over one-year period in a northern Indian hospital. METHODS The clinical details of those patients suspected to suffer from fungal necrotizing fasciitis were recorded. Skin biopsies from local wounds were microscopically examined and fungal culturing was carried out on standard media. The histopathology was evaluated using conventional methods and special stains. Apophysomyces isolates were identified by their morphology and by molecular sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal genes. Antifungal susceptibility testing was carried out following EUCAST guidelines and treatment progress was monitored. RESULTS Seven patients were found to be suffering from necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces spp. Six isolates were identified as Apophysomyces variabilis and one as Apophysomyces elegans. Five patients had previously received intramuscular injections in the affected area. Three patients recovered, two died and the other two left treatment against medical advice and are presumed to have died due to their terminal illnesses. Posaconazole and terbinafine were found to be the most active compounds against A. variabilis, while the isolate of A. elegans was resistant to all antifungals tested. CONCLUSIONS Apophysomyces is confirmed as an aggressive fungus able to cause fatal infections. All clinicians, microbiologists and pathologists need to be aware of these emerging mycoses as well as of the risks involved in medical practices, which may provoke serious fungal infections such as those produced by Apophysomyces.
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- Jagdish Chander
- Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, India
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- Mycology Reference Laboratory, Spanish National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, India
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- Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, India
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- Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, India
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- Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, India
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- Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, India
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- Mycology Reference Laboratory, Spanish National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- F. Javier Cabañes
- Veterinary Mycology Group, Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, Veterinary School, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Mycology Unit, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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Sanchis M, Pastor FJ, Capilla J, Sutton DA, Fothergill AW, Guarro J. Experimental therapy with azoles against Candida guilliermondii. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:6255-7. [PMID: 25049245 PMCID: PMC4187986 DOI: 10.1128/aac.03051-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We evaluated the in vitro killing activity of voriconazole (VRC) and posaconazole (PSC) against two clinical isolates of Candida guilliermondii. The two drugs showed fungistatic activity against both isolates and were effective in reducing kidney fungal burden in a neutropenic murine model of disseminated candidiasis in infected mice. PSC was significantly more effective than VRC against one of the strains. The serum levels of PSC and VRC were above the corresponding MICs for these isolates.
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- Marta Sanchis
- Unitat de Microbiologia and Unitat d'Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia and Unitat d'Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia and Unitat d'Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Unitat de Microbiologia and Unitat d'Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Bonifaz A, Tirado-Sánchez A, Calderón L, Romero-Cabello R, Kassack J, Ponce RM, Mena C, Stchigel A, Cano J, Guarro J. Mucormycosis in children: a study of 22 cases in a Mexican hospital. Mycoses 2014; 57 Suppl 3:79-84. [PMID: 25175081 DOI: 10.1111/myc.12233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We present a single-centre, retrospective study (1985-2012) of 22 cases of mucormycosis in children. A total of 158 mucormycosis cases were identified, of which 22 (13.96%) were children. The mean age of the children was 10.3 years (range: 6 months-18 years), and 59% of the infections occurred in males. The rhinocerebral form was the main clinical presentation (77.27%), followed by the primary cutaneous and pulmonary patterns. The major underlying predisposing factors were diabetes mellitus in 68.18% of the patients and haematologic diseases in 27.7% of the patients. The cases were diagnosed by mycological tests, with positive cultures in 95.4% of the patients. Rhizopus arrhizus was the foremost aetiologic agent in 13/22 cases (59.1%). In 21 cultures, the aetiologic agents were identified morphologically and by molecular identification. In 10 cultures, the internal transcribed spacer region of the ribosomal DNA was sequenced. Clinical cure and mycological cure were achieved in 27.3% cases, which were managed with amphotericin B deoxycholate and by treatment of the underlying conditions.
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- Alexandro Bonifaz
- Mycology Department, Dermatology Service, Hospital General de México (HGM), Reus, Spain
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da Cunha KC, Sutton DA, Gené J, Cano J, Capilla J, Madrid H, Decock C, Wiederhold NP, Guarro J. Pithomyces species (Montagnulaceae) from clinical specimens: identification and antifungal susceptibility profiles. Med Mycol 2014; 52:748-57. [PMID: 25129851 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myu044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The fungal genus Pithomyces comprises numerous dematiaceous saprobic species commonly found on dead leaves and stems of a great variety of plants. Occasionally, they have been recovered from clinical specimens. We morphologically and molecularly (rDNA sequences) investigated a set of 42 isolates tentatively identified as Pithomyces recovered from clinical specimens in the United States. The predominant species were P. chartarum and P. sacchari (33.3% each), followed by Pithomyces sp. I (28.6%) and P. maydicus (4.8%). Most of the isolates were obtained from samples of superficial tissue (50%), the respiratory tract (21.4%), and the nasal region (19%). In general, these fungi were highly susceptible in vitro to the eight antifungal agents tested.
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- Keith Cássia da Cunha
- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS)-an Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Mycothéque de l'Université catholique de Louvain (MUCL), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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Pastor FJ, Guarro J. Treatment of Aspergillus terreus infections: a clinical problem not yet resolved. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2014; 44:281-9. [PMID: 25190543 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Despite the use of recommended therapies, invasive infections by Aspergillus terreus show a poor response. For years, investigative studies on the failure of therapy of fungal infections have focused on in vitro susceptibility data. However, it is well known that low minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) are not always predictive of response to therapy despite a correct dosage schedule. Many experimental and clinical studies have tried to establish a relationship between MICs and outcome in serious fungal infections but have come to contradictory and even surprising conclusions. The success or failure of treatment is determined by many factors, including the in vitro susceptibility of the causative fungal isolate, the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of the drug used for treatment, pharmacokinetic variability in the population, and the underlying disease that patients suffer. To try to understand this poor response to treatment, available data on the in vitro susceptibility of A. terreus, the experimental and clinical response to amphotericin B, triazoles and echinocandins, and the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of these antifungals have been reviewed. Of special interest are the fungistatic activites of these drugs against A. terreus and the high interpatient variability of serum drug levels observed in therapy based on triazoles, which make monitoring of infected patients necessary.
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- F Javier Pastor
- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain.
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Paredes K, Capilla J, Sutton DA, Mayayo E, Fothergill AW, Guarro J. Experimental treatment of Curvularia infection. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 79:428-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fernández-Silva F, Capilla J, Mayayo E, Sutton D, Guarro J. Combination therapy in the treatment of experimental invasive fungal infection by Sarocladium (Acremonium) kiliense. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2014; 44:136-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lackner M, de Hoog GS, Yang L, Ferreira Moreno L, Ahmed SA, Andreas F, Kaltseis J, Nagl M, Lass-Flörl C, Risslegger B, Rambach G, Speth C, Robert V, Buzina W, Chen S, Bouchara JP, Cano-Lira JF, Guarro J, Gené J, Fernández Silva F, Haido R, Haase G, Havlicek V, Garcia-Hermoso D, Meis JF, Hagen F, Kirchmair M, Rainer J, Schwabenbauer K, Zoderer M, Meyer W, Gilgado F, Schwabenbauer K, Vicente VA, Piecková E, Regenermel M, Rath PM, Steinmann J, de Alencar XW, Symoens F, Tintelnot K, Ulfig K, Velegraki A, Tortorano AM, Giraud S, Mina S, Rigler-Hohenwarter K, Hernando FL, Ramirez-Garcia A, Pellon A, Kaur J, Bergter EB, de Meirelles JV, da Silva ID, Delhaes L, Alastruey-Izquerdo A, Li RY, Lu Q, Moussa T, Almaghrabi O, Al-Zahrani H, Okada G, Deng S, Liao W, Zeng J, Issakainen J, Liporagi Lopes LC. Proposed nomenclature for Pseudallescheria, Scedosporium and related genera. FUNGAL DIVERS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-014-0295-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Giraldo A, Gené J, Cano J, de Hoog S, Decock C, Guarro J. Acremonium with catenate elongate conidia: phylogeny of Acremonium fusidioides and related species. Mycologia 2014; 106:328-38. [PMID: 24782500 DOI: 10.3852/106.2.328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Acremonium is one of the largest and most complex genera of hyphomycetes. Its taxonomy is not yet resolved and the phylogenetic value of the most distinctive morphological features is unknown. The species of this genus produce conidia in chains or form slimy heads or both. We have studied a set of clinical and environmental Acremonium strains morphologically characterized by producing mostly catenate, elongate, more or less fusiform conidia. Based on phenotypic data and in the analysis of the sequences of the ITS region, the D1/D2 domains of the 28S rRNA gene and a fragment of the β-tubulin gene, three new species morphologically similar to Acremonium fusidioides and belonging to the family Bionectriaceae (Hypocreales) are described and illustrated; they are Acremonium pilosum, Acremonium parvum and Acremonium citrinum. The first species produces two kinds of conidia: clavate with smooth walls and globose with abundant filiform projections. Acremonium parvum is characterized by slow growth and pyriform or slightly lanceolate conidia with an elongate and truncate base. Acremonium citrinum produces a diffusible yellow pigment and obovoid conidia.
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- Alejandra Giraldo
- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Lackner M, Fernández-Silva F, Guarro J, Lass-Flörl C. Assessing micafungin/triazole combinations for the treatment of invasive scedosporiosis due to Scedosporium apiospermum and Scedosporium boydii. J Antimicrob Chemother 2014; 69:3027-32. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Crous PW, Giraldo A, Hawksworth DL, Robert V, Kirk PM, Guarro J, Robbertse B, Schoch CL, Damm U, Trakunyingcharoen T, Groenewald JZ. The Genera of Fungi: fixing the application of type species of generic names. IMA Fungus 2014; 5:141-60. [PMID: 25083414 PMCID: PMC4107892 DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.01.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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To ensure a stable platform for fungal taxonomy, it is of paramount importance that the genetic application of generic names be based on their DNA sequence data, and wherever possible, not morphology or ecology alone. To facilitate this process, a new database, accessible at www.GeneraofFungi.org (GoF) was established, which will allow deposition of metadata linked to holo-, lecto-, neo- or epitype specimens, cultures and DNA sequence data of the type species of genera. Although there are presently more than 18 000 fungal genera described, we aim to initially focus on the subset of names that have been placed on the "Without-prejudice List of Protected Generic Names of Fungi" (see IMA Fungus 4(2): 381-443, 2013). To enable the global mycological community to keep track of typification events and avoid duplication, special MycoBank Typification identfiers (MBT) will be issued upon deposit of metadata in MycoBank. MycoBank is linked to GoF, thus deposited metadata of generic type species will be displayed in GoF (and vice versa), but will also be linked to Index Fungorum (IF) and the curated RefSeq Targeted Loci (RTL) database in GenBank at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). This initial paper focuses on eight genera of appendaged coelomycetes, the type species of which are neo- or epitypified here: Bartalinia (Bartalinia robillardoides; Amphisphaeriaceae, Xylariales), Chaetospermum (Chaetospermum chaetosporum, incertae sedis, Sebacinales), Coniella (Coniella fragariae, Schizoparmaceae, Diaporthales), Crinitospora (Crinitospora pulchra, Melanconidaceae, Diaporthales), Eleutheromyces (Eleutheromyces subulatus, Helotiales), Kellermania (Kellermania yuccigena, Planistromataceae, Botryosphaeriales), Mastigosporium (Mastigosporium album, Helotiales), and Mycotribulus (Mycotribulus mirabilis, Agaricales). Authors interested in contributing accounts of individual genera to larger multi-authored papers to be published in IMA Fungus, should contact the associate editors listed below for the major groups of fungi on the List of Protected Generic Names for Fungi.
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- Pedro W Crous
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; ; Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands ; Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, Madrid 28040, Spain ; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK ; Mycology Section, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Mycology Section, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK ; State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, PF 300 154, 02806 Görlitz, Germany
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Hernández-Restrepo M, Gené J, Mena-Portales J, Cano J, Madrid H, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Guarro J. New species of Cordana and epitypification of the genus. Mycologia 2014; 106:723-34. [PMID: 24891420 DOI: 10.3852/13-122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Two interesting fungi belonging to the genus Cordana have been isolated recently in Spain from plant debris. Both are proposed here as new species, described and illustrated. Cordana mercadiana sp. nov. produces 0-1-septate conidia, with a prominent basal scar. Cordana verruculosa sp. nov. differs from the other species of the genus by its unique combination of aseptate, verruculose and small conidia. Both species are compared morphologically with other species of Cordana and their identities supported by the analysis of rDNA sequences. LSU sequence analysis revealed the congeneric relationship of Cordana and Pseudobotrytis; the members of both genera are in a well supported monophyletic lineage that appears to be related to the Coniochaetales but remains incertae sedis within the Sordariomycetes. To establish nomenclatural stability of the genus Cordana, an isolate of C. pauciseptata is designed here as epitype and the two species of Pseudobotrytis are transferred to Cordana. A dichotomous key is provided to identify the currently accepted species of Cordana.
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- Unitat de Micologia, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente de Cuba (CITMA), La Habana 19, C.P. 11900, Cuba
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- Unitat de Micologia, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical "Alejandro de Humboldt" (INIFAT) Calle 1 Esq. 2, Santiago de Las Vegas, C. Habana, C.P. 17200, Cuba
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- Unitat de Micologia, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Crous P, Shivas R, Quaedvlieg W, van der Bank M, Zhang Y, Summerell B, Guarro J, Wingfield M, Wood A, Alfenas A, Braun U, Cano-Lira J, García D, Marin-Felix Y, Alvarado P, Andrade J, Armengol J, Assefa A, den Breeÿen A, Camele I, Cheewangkoon R, De Souza J, Duong T, Esteve-Raventós F, Fournier J, Frisullo S, García-Jiménez J, Gardiennet A, Gené J, Hernández-Restrepo M, Hirooka Y, Hospenthal D, King A, Lechat C, Lombard L, Mang S, Marbach P, Marincowitz S, Marin-Felix Y, Montaño-Mata N, Moreno G, Perez C, Pérez Sierra A, Robertson J, Roux J, Rubio E, Schumacher R, Stchigel A, Sutton D, Tan Y, Thompson E, van der Linde E, Walker A, Walker D, Wickes B, Wong P, Groenewald J. Fungal Planet description sheets: 214-280. Persoonia 2014; 32:184-306. [PMID: 25264390 PMCID: PMC4150077 DOI: 10.3767/003158514x682395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Novel species of microfungi described in the present study include the following from South Africa: Cercosporella dolichandrae from Dolichandra unguiscati, Seiridium podocarpi from Podocarpus latifolius, Pseudocercospora parapseudarthriae from Pseudarthria hookeri, Neodevriesia coryneliae from Corynelia uberata on leaves of Afrocarpus falcatus, Ramichloridium eucleae from Euclea undulata and Stachybotrys aloeticola from Aloe sp. (South Africa), as novel member of the Stachybotriaceae fam. nov. Several species were also described from Zambia, and these include Chaetomella zambiensis on unknown Fabaceae, Schizoparme pseudogranati from Terminalia stuhlmannii, Diaporthe isoberliniae from Isoberlinia angolensis, Peyronellaea combreti from Combretum mossambiciensis, Zasmidium rothmanniae and Phaeococcomyces rothmanniae from Rothmannia engleriana, Diaporthe vangueriae from Vangueria infausta and Diaporthe parapterocarpi from Pterocarpus brenanii. Novel species from the Netherlands include: Stagonospora trichophoricola, Keissleriella trichophoricola and Dinemasporium trichophoricola from Trichophorum cespitosum, Phaeosphaeria poae, Keissleriella poagena, Phaeosphaeria poagena, Parastagonospora poagena and Pyrenochaetopsis poae from Poa sp., Septoriella oudemansii from Phragmites australis and Dendryphion europaeum from Hedera helix (Germany) and Heracleum sphondylium (the Netherlands). Novel species from Australia include: Anungitea eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus leaf litter, Beltraniopsis neolitseae and Acrodontium neolitseae from Neolitsea australiensis, Beltraniella endiandrae from Endiandra introrsa, Phaeophleospora parsoniae from Parsonia straminea, Penicillifer martinii from Cynodon dactylon, Ochroconis macrozamiae from Macrozamia leaf litter, Triposporium cycadicola, Circinotrichum cycadis, Cladosporium cycadicola and Acrocalymma cycadis from Cycas spp. Furthermore, Vermiculariopsiella dichapetali is described from Dichapetalum rhodesicum (Botswana), Ophiognomonia acadiensis from Picea rubens (Canada), Setophoma vernoniae from Vernonia polyanthes and Penicillium restingae from soil (Brazil), Pseudolachnella guaviyunis from Myrcianthes pungens (Uruguay) and Pseudocercospora neriicola from Nerium oleander (Italy). Novelties from Spain include: Dendryphiella eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus globulus, Conioscypha minutispora from dead wood, Diplogelasinospora moalensis and Pseudoneurospora canariensis from soil and Inocybe lanatopurpurea from reforested woodland of Pinus spp. Novelties from France include: Kellermania triseptata from Agave angustifolia, Zetiasplozna acaciae from Acacia melanoxylon, Pyrenochaeta pinicola from Pinus sp. and Pseudonectria rusci from Ruscus aculeatus. New species from China include: Dematiocladium celtidicola from Celtis bungeana, Beltrania pseudorhombica, Chaetopsina beijingensis and Toxicocladosporium pini from Pinus spp. and Setophaeosphaeria badalingensis from Hemerocallis fulva. Novel genera of Ascomycetes include Alfaria from Cyperus esculentus (Spain), Rinaldiella from a contaminated human lesion (Georgia), Hyalocladosporiella from Tectona grandis (Brazil), Pseudoacremonium from Saccharum spontaneum and Melnikomyces from leaf litter (Vietnam), Annellosympodiella from Juniperus procera (Ethiopia), Neoceratosperma from Eucalyptus leaves (Thailand), Ramopenidiella from Cycas calcicola (Australia), Cephalotrichiella from air in the Netherlands, Neocamarosporium from Mesembryanthemum sp. and Acervuloseptoria from Ziziphus mucronata (South Africa) and Setophaeosphaeria from Hemerocallis fulva (China). Several novel combinations are also introduced, namely for Phaeosphaeria setosa as Setophaeosphaeria setosa, Phoma heteroderae as Peyronellaea heteroderae and Phyllosticta maydis as Peyronellaea maydis. Morphological and culture characteristics along with ITS DNA barcodes are provided for all taxa.
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- P.W. Crous
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Plant Pathology Herbarium, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
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- Institute of Microbiology, Beijing Forestry University, P.O. Box 61, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mrs. Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
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- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute, P. Bag X5017, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil
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- Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Herbarium, Neuwerk 21, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
| | - P. Alvarado
- ALVALAB, C/ La Rochela nº 47, E-39012, Santander, Spain
| | - J.P. Andrade
- Recôncavo da Bahia Federal University, Bahia, Brazil
| | - J. Armengol
- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera S/N,46022 Valencia, Spain
| | - A. Assefa
- Department of Biology, Madawalabu University, P.O. Box 247, Bale Robe, Ethiopia
| | - A. den Breeÿen
- ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute, P. Bag X5017, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa
| | - I. Camele
- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
| | - R. Cheewangkoon
- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chaing Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
| | - J.T. De Souza
- Recôncavo da Bahia Federal University, Bahia, Brazil
| | - T.A. Duong
- Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
| | - F. Esteve-Raventós
- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Area de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25, 71100 Foggia, Italy
| | - J. García-Jiménez
- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera S/N,46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
| | - M. Hernández-Restrepo
- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
| | - Y. Hirooka
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada / Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
| | - D.R. Hospenthal
- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
| | - A. King
- ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute, P. Bag X134, Queenswood 0121, South Africa
| | - C. Lechat
- Ascofrance, 64 route de Chizé, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
| | - L. Lombard
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - S.M. Mang
- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
| | | | - S. Marincowitz
- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
| | - Y. Marin-Felix
- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
| | - N.J. Montaño-Mata
- Escuela de Ingeniería Agronómica, Departamento de Agronomía, Núcleo de Monagas, Venezuela
| | - G. Moreno
- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Area de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
| | - C.A. Perez
- Fitopatología, EEMAC, Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Ruta 3 km 363, Paysandú, Uruguay
| | - A.M. Pérez Sierra
- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera S/N,46022 Valencia, Spain
| | - J.L. Robertson
- Department of Medicine, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA
| | - J. Roux
- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
| | - E. Rubio
- c/ José Cueto Nº3, 33401 Avilés (Asturias), Spain
| | | | - A.M. Stchigel
- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
| | - D.A. Sutton
- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
| | - Y.P. Tan
- Plant Pathology Herbarium, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
| | - E.H. Thompson
- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
| | - E. van der Linde
- ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute, Biosystematics Division – Mycology, P. Bag X134, Queenswood 0121, South Africa
| | - A.K. Walker
- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada / Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
| | - D.M. Walker
- The University of Findlay, 1000 North Main Street, Findlay, OH 45840 USA
| | - B.L. Wickes
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
| | - P.T.W. Wong
- University of Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute, 107 Cobbitty Rd, Cobbitty, New South Wales 2570, Australia
| | - J.Z. Groenewald
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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