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Konwar C, Gogoi T, Chakraborty A, Nimje V, Gogoi N, Nath R. Keratitis due to Lasiodiplodia theobromae successfully treated with voriconazole: A case series from Assam. Indian J Med Microbiol 2024; 48:100558. [PMID: 38458337 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
Abstract
Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a dematiaceous fungus which rarely causes keratitis and is mostly resistant to the commonly used antifungal drugs. Here, we report three cases of keratitis caused by L.theobromae from Assam. All the cases were successfully treated with 1% voriconazole and surgical debridement. To the best of our knowledge and literature search, this is the first case series of keratitis caused by L.theobromae reported from eastern India.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chaitali Konwar
- ICMR Advanced Mycology Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Microbiology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
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- ICMR Advanced Mycology Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Microbiology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
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- ICMR Advanced Mycology Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Microbiology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
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Priya, Ashique S, Afzal O, Khalid M, Faruque Ahmad M, Upadhyay A, Kumar S, Garg A, Ramzan M, Hussain A, Altamimi MA, Altamimi ASA, Webster TJ, Khanam A. Biogenic nanoparticles from waste fruit peels: Synthesis, applications, challenges and future perspectives. Int J Pharm 2023; 643:123223. [PMID: 37442399 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Nanotechnology is a continually growing field with a wide range of applications from food science to biotechnology and nanobiotechnology. As the current world is grappling with non-biodegradable waste, considered more challenging and expensive to dispose of than biodegradable waste, new technologies are needed today more than ever. Modern technologies, especially nanotechnology, can transform biodegradable waste into products for human use. Researchers are exploring sustainable pathways for nanotechnology by utilizing biodegradable waste as a source for preparing nanomaterials. Over the past ten years, the biogenic production of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) has become a promising alternative technique to traditional NPs synthesis due to its simplicity, eco-friendliness, and biocompatibility in nature. Fruit and vegetable waste (after industrial processing) contain various bioactives (such as flavonoids, phenols, tannins, steroids, triterpenoids, glycosides, anthocyanins, carotenoids, ellagitannins, vitamin C, and essential oils) serving as reducing and capping agents for NP synthesis and they possess antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. This review addresses various sources of biogenic NPs including their synthesis using fruit/vegetable waste, types of biogenic NPs, extraction processes and extracted biomaterials, the pharmacological functionality of NPs, industrial aspects, and future perspectives. In this manner, this review will cover the most recent research on the biogenic synthesis of NPs from fruit/vegetable peels to transform them into therapeutic nanomedicines.
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- Priya
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, UP, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Pandaveswar School of Pharmacy, Pandaveswar, West Bengal 713378, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Asir-Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Bharat Institute of Technology (BIT), School of Pharmacy, Meerut 250103, UP, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Bharat Institute of Technology (BIT), School of Pharmacy, Meerut 250103, UP, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Guru Ramdas Khalsa Institute of Science and Technology (Pharmacy), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwada, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China; School of Engineering, Saveetha University, Chennai, India; Program in Materials Science, UFPI, Teresina, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
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Kumar H, Bhardwaj K, Sharma R, Nepovimova E, Kuča K, Dhanjal DS, Verma R, Bhardwaj P, Sharma S, Kumar D. Fruit and Vegetable Peels: Utilization of High Value Horticultural Waste in Novel Industrial Applications. Molecules 2020; 25:E2812. [PMID: 32570836 PMCID: PMC7356603 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25122812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Fruits and vegetables are the highly used food products amongst the horticultural crops. These items are consumed uncooked, nominally cooked or fully cooked, according to their nature and cooking process. With the change in diet habits and rising population, the production, as well as the processing of horticultural crops, has exponentially improved to meet its increasing demand. A large amount of peel waste is generated from fruit and vegetable-based industries and household kitchen and has led to a big nutritional and economic loss and environmental problems. Processing of fruits and vegetables alone generates a significant waste, which amounts to 25-30% of the total product. Most common wastes include pomace, peels, rind and seeds, which are highly rich in valuable bioactive compounds such as carotenoids, enzymes, polyphenols, oils, vitamins and many other compounds. These bioactive compounds show their application in various industries such as food to develop edible films, food industries for probiotics and other industries for valuable products. The utilization of these low-cost waste horticultural wastes for producing the value-added product is a novel step in its sustainable utilization. The present review intends to summarize the different types of waste originating from fruits as well as vegetables peels and highlight their potential in developing edible films, probiotics, nanoparticles, carbon dots, microbial media, biochar and biosorbents.
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- Harsh Kumar
- School of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India; (H.K.); (R.S.); (S.S.)
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- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India; (K.B.); (R.V.); (P.B.)
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- School of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India; (H.K.); (R.S.); (S.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, 50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, 50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic;
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- School of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-144411, Punjab, India;
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- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India; (K.B.); (R.V.); (P.B.)
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- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India; (K.B.); (R.V.); (P.B.)
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- School of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India; (H.K.); (R.S.); (S.S.)
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- School of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India; (H.K.); (R.S.); (S.S.)
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Schwartz RA, Kapila R. Macrophomina phaseolina: an overlooked cutaneous infection, seed rot disease in humans. Int J Dermatol 2019; 59:796-798. [PMID: 31729754 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.14707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rare and emerging opportunistic fungal pathogens are a serious and growing concern for immunosuppressed patients. Macrophomina phaseolina, an important soilborne plant pathogen in tropical and subtropical soil, should be considered in this category. It may be evident as a localized cutaneous cellulitis or as an ocular keratitis. We describe a 42-year-old diabetic male originally from India in whom a soft tissue mass of the foot proved to be an M. phaseolina cellulitis and review the literature. To our knowledge, only four individuals have been documented with infections with this organism, three of whom were immunocompromised.
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- Robert A Schwartz
- Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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da Rosa PD, Locatelli C, Scheid K, Marinho D, Kliemann L, Fuentefria A, Goldani LZ. Antifungal Susceptibility, Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Lasiodiplodia theobromae Isolated from a Patient with Keratitis. Mycopathologia 2018; 183:565-571. [PMID: 29383575 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-017-0234-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a rare ocular pathogen. We report a patient with fungal keratitis caused by L. theobromae. The patient was a 75-year-old male, a farmer with diabetes type II, and no previous history of ocular trauma. Histopathology analysis revealed the presence fungi invading Descemet's membrane of the cornea. The fungus was characterized by septate, highly bulged fungal filaments involving full corneal thickness in the corresponding histopathology specimens. A dematiaceous mold was isolated and initally identified as L. theobromae by microscopic and macroscopic morphology, and further confirmed by PCR-based determination of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of ribosomal DNA. Antifungal susceptibility tests showed sensitivity to amphotericin B (AMB) and voriconazole ( VRC), and resistance to other azoles, including itraconazole (ITC) and fluconazole (FLC). Corneal transplant was performed. Despite in vitro itraconazole resistance, the patient was successfully treated with oral itraconazole, topical voriconazole and natamycin, combined with ocular injections of amphotericin B and voriconazole.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Antifungal Agents/administration & dosage
- Antifungal Agents/pharmacology
- Ascomycota/cytology
- Ascomycota/drug effects
- Ascomycota/genetics
- Ascomycota/isolation & purification
- Cornea/pathology
- Corneal Transplantation
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
- Drug Resistance, Fungal
- Eye Infections, Fungal/drug therapy
- Eye Infections, Fungal/microbiology
- Eye Infections, Fungal/surgery
- Histocytochemistry
- Humans
- Keratitis/drug therapy
- Keratitis/microbiology
- Keratitis/surgery
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Microbiological Techniques
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Treatment Outcome
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- Priscila Dallé da Rosa
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Serviço de Oftalmologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Serviço de Oftalmologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Serviço de Oftalmologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Reddy M, Venugopal R, Prakash PY, Kamath YS. Corneal ulcer due to a rare coelomycetes fungus Chaetomium strumarium: Case report and global review of Chaetomium keratomycosis. Indian J Ophthalmol 2017; 65:871-874. [PMID: 28905835 PMCID: PMC5621274 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_254_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
We present a rare case of corneal ulcer caused by a species of a coelomycetes fungus, Chaetomium strumarium. This fungal genus is a rare causative agent of keratomycosis, with only a handful of cases reported. The clinical presentation, investigative techniques, and preliminary management of our patient are reported. The cases reported in global literature are also summarized in a tabular form in the discussion.
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- Mamatha Reddy
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical Mycology Division, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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