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Chemical composition, toxicity and larvicidal and antifungal activities of Persea americana (avocado) seed extracts Composição química, toxicidade, atividade larvicida e antifúngica de extratos de semente de Persea americana (abacate)

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
The present study had the aim of testing the hexane and methanol extracts of avocado seeds, in order to determine their toxicity towards Artemia salina, evaluate their larvicidal activity towards Aedes aegypti and investigate their in vitro antifungal ...
João Jaime Giffoni Leite, Érika Helena Salles Brito, Rossana Aguiar Cordeiro, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante, José Júlio Costa Sidrim, Luciana Medeiros Bertini, Selene Maia de Morais, Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha   +7 more
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Opportunistic Pathogens of the Genus Cryptococcus in Louis Pasteur Days and in 200th Anniversary of his Birth

Postępy Mikrobiologii, 2022
This year we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur, one of the fathers of microbiology. Interestingly, the time when Pasteur disproved the doctrine of „spontaneous generation” and announced the “germ theory of disease ...
Dyląg Mariusz
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Titan Cells and Yeast Forms of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Are Recognized by GXMR-CAR

Microorganisms, 2021
Cryptococcosis, a systemic mycosis that affects both the immunocompromised and immunocompetent, is caused by the inhalation of dehydrated yeasts or fungal spores of Cryptococcus gattii or Cryptococcus neoformans. The Cryptococcus spp.
Matheus Henrique dos Santos, Michele Procópio Machado, Pappanaicken R. Kumaresan, Thiago Aparecido da Silva   +3 more
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Infrared Spectroscopy as a Promising Tool for Diagnosing and Typing Human Pathogenic Fungi. [PDF]

Mycoses
ABSTRACT Fungal infections are increasingly recognised as a global health challenge, responsible for millions of cases annually and substantial mortality, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Yet, the diagnosis of these infections remains notoriously difficult, often delayed by slow culture‐based methods or hindered by the high cost and ...
Medeiros AGJ, Nascimento ALF, Rossato L, Santos DA, Peres NTA, Neto RGL, Meis JF, Lima KMG, Bastos RW.   +8 more
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Study of ecological niches from pathogenic yeasts of the species Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Londrina City, PR
Estudo dos nichos ecológicos de leveduras patogênicas das espécies Cryptococcus neoformans e Cryptococcus gattii na cidade de Londrina, PR

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2013
The pathogenic fungi of the species Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii could be found in the environment on pigeon guano, soil with pigeon and bird excreta and vegetable material from trees.
Aline Artioli Machado Yamamura, Roberta Lemos Freire, Milton Hissashi Yamamura, Alessandra Taroda, Aline Felix   +4 more
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Termite nests as an abundant source of cultivable actinobacteria for biotechnological purposes [PDF]

, 2014
A total of 118 actinobacterial isolates were collected from the three types of termite nests (mound, carton, and subterranean nests) to evaluate their potential as a source of bioactive actinobacteria with antimicrobial activity.
Lumyong, Saisamorn, Sujada, Nikhom, Sungthong, Rungroch   +2 more
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Evaluación de varias técnicas de extracción de ADN de Cryptococcus spp. a partir de muestras ambientales.

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2004
El género Cryptococcus comprende, al menos, 38 especies, pero sólo 3 se han informado como patógenas para el hombre y los animales: Cryptococcus laurentii, Cryptococcus albidus y Cryptococcus neoformans; esta última es la más frecuente.
Alexandra Castañeda, Juan McEwen, Marylin Hidalgo, Elizabeth Castañeda   +3 more
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OSTEOMIELITE POR CRIPTOCOCCUS SPP EM PACIENTE IMUNOCOMPETENTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Cryptococcus neoformans e Cryptococcus gattii são fungos encapsulados, heterobasidiomicetos, com potencial de infectar principalmente hospedeiros imunocomprometidos.
Diego Gonçalves Camargo, Moara Alves Santa Barbara Borges, João Alves Araújo Filho, Luiz Alves Ferreira Filho, Adriana Oliveira Guilarde   +4 more
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the production of fermented beverages [PDF]

, 2016
Alcoholic beverages are produced following the fermentation of sugars by yeasts, mainly (but not exclusively) strains of the species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Stewart, Graham G., Walker, Graeme M.
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Unusual morphologies of Cryptococcus spp. in tissue specimens: report of 10 cases [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2010
Ten cases of cryptococcosis due to unusual microscopic forms of Cryptococcus sp. observed over a twenty-eight year period (1981-2009) are presented. The most important clinicopathological and laboratory data are tabulated. The uncommon forms of cryptococcal cells given are: structures resembling germ tube (one case), chains of budding yeasts (one case),
Gazzoni, Alexandra Flávia, Oliveira, Flávio de Mattos, Salles, Emily Ferreira, Mayayo, Emilio, Guarro, Josep, Capilla, Javier, Severo, Luiz Carlos   +6 more
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