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Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 44(6): 299-302, Nov.-Dec. 2002. tab
Article Dans Anglais | LILACS | ID: lil-326346

Résumé

Serotype, mating type and ploidy of 84 strains of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from 61 AIDS and 23 non-AIDS patients admitted in a tertiary teaching hospital in Sõo Paulo, Brazil were examined. Among 61 strains isolated from AIDS patients, 60 strains were var. grubii (serotype A). Only one strain was var. gattii (serotype B). No var. neoformans (serotype D) was found. Among 23 strains isolated from non-AIDS patients, 15 were var. grubii (serotype A) and the remaining 8 were var. gattii, all of which were serotype B. Seventy-three of the 75 serotype A strains were the heterothallic alpha type (MATalpha) and the remaining 2 were untypable (asexual). Most of the MATalpha strains (69/73) were haploid and the remaining 4 strains were diploid. Similarly, both of the 2 asexual strains among the 75 serotype A strains were haploid. There were no alpha-mating type (MATalpha) strains among the 84 isolates. All of the 8 var. gattii strains were serotype B and haploid. Among a total of 84 strains tested, neither serotype AD nor serotype D were found. Neither triploid nor tetraploid were found. These results suggest that the serological, sexual and ploidy characteristics in C. neoformans strains isolated from AIDS patients in Sõo Paulo were rather simple, whereas strains isolated from non-AIDS patients presented serotype A and B with predominance of serotype A


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Humains , Infections opportunistes liées au SIDA , Cryptococcose , Cryptococcus neoformans , Gènes fongiques , Ploïdies , Brésil , Cryptococcus neoformans , Variation génétique , Sérotypie
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Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 43(3): 163-166, May-June 2001. ilus
Article Dans Anglais | LILACS | ID: lil-298908

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We report a case of cutaneous infection caused by Phialemonium curvatum GAMS et COOKE, 1983, after bone marrow transplantation. The genus Phialemonium was created by GAMS & MCGINNIS in 1983 including three new species: Ph. obovatum, Ph. curvatum and Ph. dimorphosporum, and represents an intermediate genus between Acremonium and Phialophora. Nowadays, the genus Phialemonium is considered to be a pheoid fungus which may cause the eventual lesions observed in pheo- and hyalohyphomycosis. Species of this genus have been described as opportunistic agents in humans and animals, mainly as a result of immunosuppression. In the present case, the patient had multiple myeloma and received an allogenic bone marrow transplant from his HLA-compatible brother. Two months after transplantation, he developed purplish and painful nodular lesions on the right ankle. Some of these lesions drained spontaneously and apparently hyaline mycelial filaments were observed, whose culture was initially identified as Acremonium sp. Subsequent studies showed that the fungus was Phialemonium curvatum. The infection was treated with amphotericin B, followed by ketoconazole. The patient was submitted to surgical debridement followed by two skin grafts to repair the bloody area. The duration of the treatment was 4 months and secondary prophylaxis with ketoconazole alone was maintained for one additional month. No recurrence was observed after discontinuation of treatment. The authors comment on the pathogenicity of the genus Phialemonium


Sujets)
Humains , Mâle , Adulte , Transplantation de moelle osseuse/effets indésirables , Mycoses cutanées/microbiologie , Deuteromycota/isolement et purification , Infections opportunistes/complications , Mycoses cutanées/traitement médicamenteux
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Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 34(2): 159-165, Mar.-Apr. 1992.
Article Dans Portugais | LILACS | ID: lil-320618

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Several methods have been used for the preservation of fungi, all of them presenting advantages and disadvantages. The choice of the methods depends upon the laboratory availabilities, time of preservation, genetic stability of the cultures and other factors. In this work the results obtained through the utilization of Castellani's method (preservation in distilled water) for the maintenance of 174 strains belonging to the "Micoteca do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo" are presented. These strains were analyzed after 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, with regard to the percentage of viability taking into consideration the rates of growth and contamination. The smallest percentage of viability occurred in the group of the actinomycetes (50 to 100) and the largest one in the group of the yeasts (near 100). According to other authors, the Castellani's method, besides being simple and economically feasible for small size laboratories, yields good results.


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Champignons , Mycologie , Actinomycetaceae , Milieux de culture , Conservation biologique/méthodes , Facteurs temps
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