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Mariné M, Pastor FJ, Guarro J. Combined antifungal therapy in a murine model of disseminated infection byCladophialophora bantiana. Med Mycol 2009; 47:45-9. [DOI: 10.1080/13693780802526840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Bermúdez A, Carreras E, De la Cámara R, Eraso E, Fortún J, García-Ruiz JC, Guarro J, Jarque I, Marcos de Lucas E, Mayayo E, Pastor FJ, Pemán J, Pontón J, Quindós G, Salavert M, Sanz MA, Zaragoza R. [Pocket guide to invasive mycoses in onco-hematologic patients]. Rev Iberoam Micol 2009; Suppl:3-199. [PMID: 20143497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Gilgado F, Gene J, Cano J, Guarro J. Heterothallism in Scedosporium apiospermum and description of its teleomorph Pseudallescheria apiosperma sp. nov. Med Mycol 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/13693780902939695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Rodríguez MM, Pastor FJ, Serena C, Guarro J. Posaconazole efficacy in a murine disseminated infection caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008; 63:361-4. [PMID: 19054804 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We have compared the efficacy of posaconazole and amphotericin B in an experimental murine model of paecilomycosis. METHODS Immunosuppressed mice were treated with posaconazole at 25, 50, 75 or 100 mg/kg/day orally, amphotericin B at 1.5 or 3 mg/kg/day intraperitoneally or liposomal amphotericin B at 5 mg/kg/day intravenously. Treatment began 1 day after infection and continued for 10 days post-infection. Two strains of Paecilomyces lilacinus were tested. RESULTS Posaconazole at 50 mg/kg/day was the only treatment able to significantly reduce fungal loads in the spleens, kidneys and livers of the mice infected by each of the two strains. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that posaconazole may have a clinical role in the treatment of disseminated paecilomycosis.
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Ruíz-Cendoya M, Rodriguez MM, Mariné M, Pastor FJ, Guarro J. In vitro interactions of itraconazole and micafungin against clinically important filamentous fungi. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2008; 32:418-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Revised: 05/22/2008] [Accepted: 05/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Del Palacio A, Garau M, Amor E, Martinez-Alonso I, Calvo T, Carrillo-Muñoz A, Guarro J. Case Reports. Transient colonization with Scedosporium prolificans
. Report of four cases in Madrid. Mycoses 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2001.00631.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pastor F, Guarro J. Alternaria infections: laboratory diagnosis and relevant clinical features. Clin Microbiol Infect 2008; 14:734-46. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Castellá G, Cano J, Guarro J, Cabañes FJ. DNA fingerprinting of Fusarium solani isolates related to a cutaneous infection in a sea turtle. Med Mycol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-280x.1999.00223.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Rezusta A, Aspiroz C, Boekhout T, Cano JF, Theelen B, Guarro J, Rubio MC. Cholesterol dependent and Amphotericin B resistant isolates of a Candida glabrata strain from an Intensive Care Unit patient. Med Mycol 2008; 46:265-8. [PMID: 18404554 DOI: 10.1080/13693780701636898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Here we report on two isolates of Candida glabrata recovered from urine samples collected from of an Intensive Care Unit patient. D1/D2 and ITS 1+2 rDNA sequence analysis confirmed its identification. The isolates were cholesterol dependent and resistant to Amphotericin B.
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Guarro J, Mayayo E, Tapiol J, Aguilar C, Cano J. Microsphaeropsis olivacea as an etiological agent of human skin infection. Med Mycol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-280x.1999.00188.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Gilgado F, Cano J, Gené J, Serena C, Guarro J. Different virulence of the species of the Pseudallescheria boydii complex. Med Mycol 2008; 47:371-4. [PMID: 18651312 DOI: 10.1080/13693780802256539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Pseudallescheria boydii sensu lato is a complex of species involved in severe human infections. We have evaluated, using a murine model, the virulence of 2 strains of each of the most representative species of the complex, i.e., P. boydii sensu stricto, P. minutispora, Scedosporium apiospermum, S. aurantiacum and S. dehoogii. We used two different inocula, i.e., 5 x 10(4) conidia/ml (for immunosuppressed animals) and 1 x 10(6) conidia/ml (for immunocompetent animals), which were administered intravenously. Scedosporium aurantiacum and S. dehoogii were the most virulent species, causing the death of 80% and 70% of the immunocompetent mice, respectively. The remaining species only killed 0-20% of the animals.
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Kantarcioglu AS, Guarro J, de Hoog GS. Central nervous system infections by members of the Pseudallescheria boydii species complex in healthy and immunocompromised hosts: epidemiology, clinical characteristics and outcome. Mycoses 2008; 51:275-90. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01489.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ruiz-Cendoya M, Marine M, Guarro J. Combined therapy in treatment of murine infection by Fusarium solani. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008; 62:543-6. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Carrillo-Muñoz AJ, Giusiano G, Cárdenes D, Hernández-Molina JM, Eraso E, Quindós G, Guardia C, del Valle O, Tur-Tur C, Guarro J. Terbinafine susceptibility patterns for onychomycosis-causative dermatophytes and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2008; 31:540-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2007] [Revised: 01/20/2008] [Accepted: 01/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Khan ZU, Ahmad S, Mokaddas E, Chandy R, Cano J, Guarro J. Actinomucor elegans var. kuwaitiensis isolated from the wound of a diabetic patient. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2008; 94:343-52. [PMID: 18496764 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-008-9251-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 05/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The new variety of Actinomucor elegans var. kuwaitiensis, isolated from an open necrotic wound of a diabetic patient is described. This strain differed from the two previously described varieties of A. elegans, A. elegans var. elegans and A. elegans var. meitauzae by nearly 1% or more sequence divergence within D1/D2 regions of 28S rRNA and the ITS region of rRNA genes. Like the other two varieties, no zygospores were observed; however, there was evidence suggesting intersexual diploidy, a feature not described previously in this species. Additionally, A. elegans var. kuwaitiensis was pathogenic to white mice causing 100% mortality within 5 days.
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Serena C, Rodríguez MM, Mariné M, Pastor FJ, Guarro J. Micafungin combined with fluconazole, an effective therapy for murine blastoschizomycosis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008; 61:877-9. [PMID: 18276603 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To study the efficacy of micafungin combined with fluconazole in a murine model of disseminated blastoschizomycosis. METHODS Mice were treated with fluconazole at 40 or 80 mg/kg/day given orally, with micafungin at 10 mg/kg/day given subcutaneously or with a combination of micafungin with fluconazole at the doses described above. Treatment began 1 day after infection and continued for 6 days post-infection. Tissue burden studies were performed 1 day after the treatment finished. The experiments were performed with three different strains. RESULTS The two combinations tested significantly improved the survival of mice with respect to the control group and reduced the tissue burden significantly with respect to the control and their respective monotherapies in most organs tested. All animals that received the combination of micafungin with fluconazole at 80 mg/kg/day survived up to the end of the experiment. CONCLUSIONS The combination of micafungin with fluconazole is promising for the treatment of disseminated blastoschizomycosis.
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Mariné M, Espada R, Torrado J, Pastor FJ, Guarro J. Efficacy of a new formulation of amphotericin B in a murine model of disseminated infection by Candida glabrata. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008; 61:880-3. [PMID: 18256113 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Amphotericin B poly-aggregates are a new formulation of amphotericin B, which can be obtained cheaply. In this study, we tested the efficacy of this new formulation for treating a disseminated infection by Candida glabrata in a murine model. METHODS Mice were rendered neutropenic by intraperitoneal cyclophosphamide and intravenous 5-fluorouracil administration and infected intravenously with 2 x 10(8) cfu of C. glabrata. The efficacy of the new formulation of amphotericin B was evaluated by survival and tissue burden studies. The experiments were repeated using three different clinical strains of C. glabrata. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Amphotericin B poly-aggregates showed an efficacy similar to that of amphotericin B deoxycholate and liposomal amphotericin B in the treatment of a disseminated murine infection by C. glabrata.
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Martínez-Rocha AL, Roncero MIG, López-Ramirez A, Mariné M, Guarro J, Martínez-Cadena G, Di Pietro A. Rho1 has distinct functions in morphogenesis, cell wall biosynthesis and virulence of Fusarium oxysporum. Cell Microbiol 2008; 10:1339-51. [PMID: 18248628 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01130.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rho-type GTPases regulate polarized growth in yeast by reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton and through signalling pathways that control the expression of cell wall biosynthetic genes. We report the cloning and functional analysis of rho1 from Fusarium oxysporum, a soilborne fungal pathogen causing vascular wilt on plants and opportunistic infections in humans. F. oxysporum strains carrying either a Deltarho1 loss-of-function mutation or a rho1(G14V) gain-of-function allele were viable, but displayed a severely restricted colony phenotype which was partially relieved by the osmotic stabilizer sorbitol, indicating structural alterations in the cell wall. Consistent with this hypothesis, Deltarho1 strains showed increased resistance to cell wall-degrading enzymes and staining with Calcofluor white, as well as changes in chitin and glucan synthase gene expression and enzymatic activity. Re-introduction of a functional rho1 allele into the Deltarho1 mutant fully restored the wild-type phenotype. The Deltarho1 strain had dramatically reduced virulence on tomato plants, but was as virulent as the wild type on immunodepressed mice. Thus, Rho1 plays a key role during fungal infection of plants, but not of mammalian hosts.
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Ballester F, Pastor FJ, Guarro J. In vitro activities of combinations of amphotericin B, posaconazole and four other agents against Rhizopus. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008; 61:755-7. [PMID: 18227092 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Collado L, Inza I, Guarro J, Figueras MJ. Presence of Arcobacter spp. in environmental waters correlates with high levels of fecal pollution. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:1635-40. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01555.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Marimon R, Gené J, Cano J, Guarro J. Sporothrix luriei: a rare fungus from clinical origin. Med Mycol 2008; 46:621-5. [DOI: 10.1080/13693780801992837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Alonso-Vargas R, Elorduy L, Eraso E, Cano FJ, Guarro J, Pontón J, Quindós G. Isolation ofCandida africana, probable atypical strains ofCandida albicans, from a patient with vaginitis. Med Mycol 2008; 46:167-70. [PMID: 17885960 DOI: 10.1080/13693780701633101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Identification of unusual fungal isolates is a major challenge for the clinical laboratory. This report describes the isolation of Candida africana from a patient with vaginitis. This is a doubtful species which possibly represents atypical strains of Candida albicans. Candida africana can be separated morphologically and physiologically from C. albicans but not genetically. The analysis of 26S rRNA gene showed near 100% homology between C. africana and C. albicans.
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Chowdhary A, Guarro J, Randhawa HS, Gené J, Cano J, Jain RK, Kumar S, Khanna G. A rare case of chromoblastomycosis in a renal transplant recipient caused by a non-sporulating species ofRhytidhysteron. Med Mycol 2008; 46:163-6. [DOI: 10.1080/13693780701630420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Janda-Ulfig K, Ulfig K, Cano J, Guarro J. A study of the growth of Pseudallescheria boydii isolates from sewage sludge and clinical sources on tributyrin, rapeseed oil, biodiesel oil and diesel oil. ANNALS OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE : AAEM 2008; 15:45-49. [PMID: 18581978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The study compared the growth of Pseudallescheria boydii isolates from sewage sludge and from clinical sources on tributyrin, rapeseed oil, biodiesel oil and diesel oil agars. The isolates grew on all substrates tested. The highest growth was observed on rapeseed oil agar, while the lowest on diesel agar. On tributyrin agar, hydrolysis zones were observed around or underneath the colonies. On rapeseed oil agar, no hydrolysis zones were formed, while most isolates formed such a zone on biodiesel oil agar. Rapeseed oil and biodiesel oil stimulated the growth of P. boydii isolates, while tributyrin inhibited fungal growth. The stimulation or inhibition effect of diesel oil was dependent on the specified strain. In clinical isolates, fungal growth and activity were found to be more variable compared to sludge isolates. The data suggest that contamination of the environment with these oils could favor the growth of P. boydii. However, no association was found between the growth and oil utilization by this fungus and its pathogenicity.
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