Early Candida colonisation impact on patients and healthcare professionals in an intensive care unit.

Objectives: Candida spp. is an opportunistic pathogen that causes superficial and invasive infections with nosocomial outbreaks without strict hygiene protocols. Herein, we assessed oral colonisation by Candida spp.

Clinical and mycological analysis of colonization by Candida spp. in oral leukoplakia and oral lichen planus.

Objective: This study aims to analyze the prevalence of Candida spp. colonization in oral leukoplakia and oral lichen planus lesions, verify the influence of systemic and local factors, besides identify and determine the in vitro antifungal susceptibility profile of Candida species.

Materials And Methods: Samples were collected by swabbing from oral lesions and healthy mucosa and cultured on Sabouraud Dextrose and CHROMagar® Candida plates.

Human and Feline Sporotrichosis in a Reference Center of Southeastern Brazil: Genetic Differentiation, Diversity, and Antifungal Susceptibility of Species.

Sporotrichosis is a neglected subcutaneous fungal infection that affects humans and animals worldwide caused by species belonging to the genus . This study aims to examine the range of genetic variations, assess molecular epidemiology significance, and explore potential modes of transmission of the species associated with the current sporotrichosis outbreaks in Espírito Santo, Brazil. In this investigation, 262 samples were evaluated, including 142 from humans and 120 from felines, collected between 2016 and 2021.

Paracoccidioidomycosis cases by Paracoccidioides lutzii in southeastern Brazil.

Background And Objective: Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic fungal disease caused by the thermodimorphic fungi Paracoccidioides spp. Their distribution is highly variable. Paracoccidioides lutzii is predominantly found in North and Middle-West Brazil and Ecuador.

Candida-associated denture stomatitis: clinical, epidemiological, and microbiological features.

Objective: The identification of Candida spp. in denture stomatitis, the clinical manifestations, and the antifungal susceptibility profile lead to a correct and individualized therapeutic management of the patients. This study is aimed at investigating the clinical manifestations and epidemiological and microbiological characteristics of Candida-associated denture stomatitis.

Trichosporon asahii causing subcutaneous mycoses in an immunocompetent patient: case report and a minireview.

Trichosporon spp. are a constituent of the normal flora of humans that can cause both superficial and invasive infections, mainly in immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts, respectively. Herein, we a report of Trichosporon asahii causing subcutaneous fungal infection (SFI) in an immunocompetent patient after carpal tunnel surgery.

Screening paracoccidioidomycosis by double immunodiffusion test in a referred diagnostic center in Brazilian southeastern: an accessible tool.

Purpose: This article shows reports of the clinical-epidemiological characteristics and serological screening in patients assisted by a reference center for PCM care, University Hospital Cassiano Antonio Moraes, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil.

Methods: The patient's sera with PCM were analyzed by DID test at the beginning and the end treatment. Clinical and demographic data were also collected to characterize the sample.

Paracoccidioidomycosis due to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis S1 associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A case report.

Background: Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an endemic disease in Latin America. In immunocompetent hosts, PCM occurs in two main clinical forms: acute and chronic. However, in HIV-infected patients PCM may show up simultaneous manifestations of acute and chronic forms.

Molecular identification of Sporothrix species involved in the first familial outbreak of sporotrichosis in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil.

Sporotrichosis is a widespread subcutaneous mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungi now known as the Sporothrix schenckii complex. This complex is comprised of at least six species, including Sporothrix albicans, Sporothrix brasiliensis, Sporothrix globosa, Sporothrix luriei, Sporothrix mexicana and S. schenckii.