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A nodule from the infrapatellar region of the left knee of a patient in Israel was found by fluorescent antibody staining to contain the tissue form cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis. The diagnosis was confirmed by culture and other mycological studies when a second lesion appeared below the right knee. This represents the first autochthonous case of blastomycosis from Israel and the Middle East.
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Blastomycosis/pathology , Knee/pathology , Skin/pathology , Aged , Blastomycosis/epidemiology , Humans , Israel , MaleABSTRACT
The isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from a bat cave in the Galilee region of Israel is reported along with the discovery of a bat (Myotis myotis) infected by H. capsulatum. Soils collected in avian and chiropteran habitats throughout Israel also yielded the following fungi of medical interest: Arthroderma quadrifidum, A. tuberculatum, Candida parapsilosis, Chrysosporium indicum, C. keratinophilum, C. tropicum, Cryptococcus neoformans, Ctenomyces serratus, Microsporum gypseum, and Petriellidium boydii. All available reports concerning the occurrence of H. capsulatum and histoplasmosis in the Middle East are critically reviewed.
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Histoplasma , Soil Microbiology , Animals , Asia, Western , Chiroptera , Fungi , Histoplasmosis/epidemiology , Histoplasmosis/veterinary , IsraelSubject(s)
Mycoses/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Animals , Aspergillosis/epidemiology , Aspergillosis/veterinary , Candidiasis/epidemiology , Candidiasis/veterinary , Child , Cryptococcosis/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Israel , Male , Middle Aged , Mycetoma/epidemiology , Mycoses/veterinarySubject(s)
Povidone-Iodine/therapeutic use , Povidone/analogs & derivatives , Tinea/veterinary , Animals , Female , Male , Rabbits , Tinea/drug therapyABSTRACT
An epidemic of dermatitis affecting the skin of the back and thighs of chickens in Israel is described. The causal organism was shown to be Candida albicans.
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Candidiasis, Cutaneous/veterinary , Chickens , Feathers , Poultry Diseases , Animals , Candida albicans/isolation & purification , Candidiasis, Cutaneous/microbiology , Female , Poultry Diseases/microbiology , Skin/microbiologyABSTRACT
Geese and ducks were photosensitized by the ingestion of Ammi majus seeds, and exposure to sunlight. Mydriasis was a characteristic clinical feature of this syndrome in both species. Histologically the iris of the affected birds showed vacuolisation and varying degrees of atrophy of the muscle of the sphincter pupillae. The effect of pilocarpine and physostigmine on the normal and mydriatic eyes was studied. The possible mode of action of photosensitization and the significance of these findings in the light of the use of psoralens in human medicine is discussed.
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Ducks/anatomy & histology , Geese/anatomy & histology , Iris/pathology , Methoxsalen/poisoning , Pupil/drug effects , Sunlight , Animals , Atrophy , Constriction , Dilatation, Pathologic/chemically induced , Magnoliopsida , Mydriatics/pharmacology , Photic Stimulation , Physostigmine/pharmacology , Pilocarpine/pharmacology , SeedsABSTRACT
A Candida tropicalis epidemic is described that affected the respiratory tract of turkeys receiving antibiotics in their food and drinking water. When the antibiotics were stopped and Io-vine given, the disease was cured.
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Candidiasis/veterinary , Poultry Diseases , Respiratory Tract Infections/veterinary , Turkeys , Air Sacs/microbiology , Air Sacs/pathology , Animals , Candida/isolation & purification , Candidiasis/microbiology , Candidiasis/pathology , Israel , Lung/microbiology , Lung/pathology , Poultry Diseases/microbiology , Poultry Diseases/pathology , Respiratory Tract Infections/microbiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/pathologyABSTRACT
A case has been described where cytologic examination first showed a fungus infection as the possible cause of a nipple discharge of long duration. The discharge was found to be associated with Pityrosporum orbiculare, Micrococcus tetragenes and Staphylococci (coagulase negative). Administration of an antibiotic that inhibited the bacteria cured the condition.