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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis habitat: far beyond armadillo burrows?

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
Paracoccidioides spp. isolation from environmental samples is rare and hardly reproducible. Molecular techniques have facilitated the fungal detection. However, it can be still difficult. Some strategies to enhance the capacity of DNA detection have been adopted, including the analysis of soil samples be...

The role of Candida albicans in root caries biofilms: an RNA-seq analysis

J. appl. oral sci; 28 (), 2020
Abstract Objective This study sought to analyze the gene expression of Candida albicans in sound root surface and root caries lesions, exploring its role in root caries pathogenesis. Methodology The differential gene expression of C. albicans and the specific genes related to cariogenic traits were stu...

ERG11 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to fluconazole in candida isolates from diabetic and kidney transplant patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Candidiasis is the most frequent opportunistic mycosis in humans and can cause mortality, particularly in immunodeficient patients. One major concern is the increasing number of infections caused by drug-resistant Candidas trains, as these cannot be efficiently treated with standa...

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction as an improved method for screening Histoplasma capsulatum mating types

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 113 (10), 2018
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, a heterothallic ascomycete. The sexual reproduction of this fungus is regulated by the mating type (MAT1) locus that contains MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 idiomorphs, which were identified by uniplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Th...

Caracterización molecular de los aislamientos de Cryptococcus neoformans de pacientes con HIV, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Biomédica (Bogotá); 37 (3), 2017
Resumen Introducción. La neurocriptococosis es una infección fúngica oportunista que representa un alto costo en vidas humanas y para la economía de los países. Sus agentes causales, las especies del complejo Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii, tienen una fase sexuada y otra asexuada, cua...