Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: , , and on soil, from stem cankers of , from stem of , and from leaves of , as endophyte from roots of , from stem of , from leaves of × and from roots of , from intertidal wood and (incl. gen. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNovel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: , on soil, on leaves of on leaves of on leaves of sp., on soil, (incl. gen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe North European species of section () are studied. Three new species, , , and are introduced and verified by morphology and sequence data from ITS, nuclear LSU, mitochondrial SSU, and β-tubulin. A lectotype for is selected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF('deer truffles') is one of the most important ectomycorrhizal fungal genera in temperate and subarctic forest ecosystems, but also one of the least documented in public databases. The current systematics are mainly based on macromorphology, and is not significantly different from that proposed by Vittadini (1831). Within the 49 species recognised worldwide, 23 were originally described from Europe and 17 of these were described before the 20th century.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThrough a review of both the cases in the national pharmacovigilance database and the literature, we evaluated the importance of propofol-induced hallucinations and dreams which are not mentioned in the propofol Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPC). Postoperative hallucinations occurring in patients anaesthetized by propofol is not exceptional even with low doses of propofol. Most of the hallucinations are described as pleasant with a frequent "sexual connotation", uninhibited behavior or a verbal expression of patient's intimate thoughts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report 6 cases of osteonecrosis in HIV-infected patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and compare the observed risk factors with those of published cases.
Case Summaries: Osteonecrosis was diagnosed between 1999 and 2002 in 6 of 417 HIV-infected patients in our department of infectious diseases. At the time of diagnosis, mean patient age was 42 years, and 5 patients had developed AIDS.