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Acrophialophora, a poorly known fungus with clinical significance

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    Identificador: imarina:6388145
    Autors:
    Sandoval-Denis MGené JSutton DWiederhold NGuarro J
    Resum:
    Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Acrophialophora fusispora is an emerging opportunistic fungus capable of causing human infections. The taxonomy of the genus is not yet resolved and, in order to facilitate identification of clinical specimens, we have studied a set of clinical and environmental Acrophialophora isolates by morphological and molecular analyses. This set included the available type strains of Acrophialophora species and similar fungi, some of which were considered by various authors to be synonyms of A. fusispora. Sequence analysis of the large subunit (LSU) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of the nuclear ribosomal DNA and a fragment of the =-tubulin (Tub) gene revealed that Acrophialophora belongs in the family Chaetomiaceae and comprises three different species, i.e., A. fusispora, Acrophialophora levis, and Acrophialophora seudatica; the latter was previously included in the genus Ampullifera. The most prevalent species among clinical isolates was A. levis (72.7%), followed by A. fusispora (27.3%), both of which were isolated mostly from respiratory specimens (72.7%), as well as subcutaneous and corneal tissue samples. In general, of the eight antifungal drugs tested, voriconazole had the greatest in vitro activity, while all other agents showed poor in vitro activity against these fungi.
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    Autor segons l'article: Sandoval-Denis M; Gené J; Sutton D; Wiederhold N; Guarro J
    Departament: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
    Autor/s de la URV: Gené Díaz, Josepa / Guarro Artigas, Josep / SANDOVAL DENIS, MARCELO PATRICIO
    Paraules clau: Ribosomal dna Genus Fusispora brain-abscess
    Resum: Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Acrophialophora fusispora is an emerging opportunistic fungus capable of causing human infections. The taxonomy of the genus is not yet resolved and, in order to facilitate identification of clinical specimens, we have studied a set of clinical and environmental Acrophialophora isolates by morphological and molecular analyses. This set included the available type strains of Acrophialophora species and similar fungi, some of which were considered by various authors to be synonyms of A. fusispora. Sequence analysis of the large subunit (LSU) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of the nuclear ribosomal DNA and a fragment of the =-tubulin (Tub) gene revealed that Acrophialophora belongs in the family Chaetomiaceae and comprises three different species, i.e., A. fusispora, Acrophialophora levis, and Acrophialophora seudatica; the latter was previously included in the genus Ampullifera. The most prevalent species among clinical isolates was A. levis (72.7%), followed by A. fusispora (27.3%), both of which were isolated mostly from respiratory specimens (72.7%), as well as subcutaneous and corneal tissue samples. In general, of the eight antifungal drugs tested, voriconazole had the greatest in vitro activity, while all other agents showed poor in vitro activity against these fungi.
    Àrees temàtiques: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Odontología Microbiology (medical) Microbiology Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Farmacia Ensino Engenharias ii Enfermagem Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 00951137
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: josepa.gene@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-6195-9299
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-09-07
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/JCM.00279-15
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Journal Of Clinical Microbiology. 53 (5): 1549-1555
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Sandoval-Denis M; Gené J; Sutton D; Wiederhold N; Guarro J (2015). Acrophialophora, a poorly known fungus with clinical significance. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology, 53(5), 1549-1555. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00279-15
    DOI de l'article: 10.1128/JCM.00279-15
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2015
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Microbiology,Microbiology (Medical)
    Ribosomal dna
    Genus
    Fusispora brain-abscess
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Odontología
    Microbiology (medical)
    Microbiology
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Materiais
    Interdisciplinar
    Farmacia
    Ensino
    Engenharias ii
    Enfermagem
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciência de alimentos
    Ciência da computação
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
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