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ISHAM NEWS! (18-09-2012)
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 The University of Minnesota, U.S.A. has a vacancy in fungal
evolution at the level of assistant professor; for information, click
here.
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A report from the 17th International
Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host held in Genova,
Italy last June 24-27, can be found here. |
| Information on the ISHAM Working
Group on Paracoccidioidomycosis has been updated and can be found on the
WG page of our website here. |
 The next Medical Mycology Course of the Institut Pasteur will be held in Paris, March 18th – April 12th,
2013. The course will be taught in English and is aimed at MDs, PhDs and
veterinarians with a minimum of 2 years-practice of medical mycology in a
laboratory hospital, who wish to improve practical and theoretical knowledge in
medical mycology. Training is provided through bench work, lectures and
informal panel discussions. Application deadline
is November 15, 2012. For
information and registration, click here or contact cnrma@pasteur.fr.
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The CBS Course in Medical
Mycology was held in Innsbruck, Austria, last August; a short report can be
found
here.
The next edition of this international course will be in Guangzhou, China,
18-29 November, 2013. This course will be in Chinese and partly in English,
with synchronous translation of the English sections. General information on
the course and the city can be found here, and a tentative program is posted
here. |
In
the framework of Gordon Research Conferences, a course will be held entitled “Immunology of Fungal Infections”
in Galveston, TX, U.S.A., January 13-18, 2013. In our previous mailing the link
did not work; full information can be obtained here.
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 The next International
Mycological Congress (IMC10) will be organized in Bangkok, Thailand, August
3-8, 2014. General information is available
here.
There will be sessions on medical mycology, but there is still a possibility to
suggest further topics; a form for this purpose can be found here. |
| Information on
the 4th International Workshop on Scedosporium in Innsbruck,
Austria, 16-18 May, 2013, is now available here. |
 A new issue of Medical
Mycology, vol. 50 No. 6 (August 2012) has appeared and is now freely
available in your member area. For your convenience, we list the contents
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Invasive Scopulariopsis
brevicaulis infection in an immunocompromised patient and review of prior
cases caused by Scopulariopsis and Microascus species
Peter
C. Iwen, Stephanie
D. Schutte, Diana
F. Florescu, Rhonda
K. Noel-Hurst, Lynne
Sigler
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 561–569. |
Surface
phosphatase in Rhinocladiella aquaspersa: biochemical properties and its
involvement with adhesion
Lucimar
F. Kneipp, Andressa
S. Magalhães, Érika
A. Abi-Chacra, Lucieri
O. P. Souza, Celuta
S. Alviano, André
L. S. Santos, José
R. Meyer-Fernandes
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 570–578.
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Inhibition
of dermatophytes by the antimicrobial peptides human β-defensin-2, ribonuclease
7 and psoriasin
Peter Fritz, Vera Beck-Jendroschek, Jochen Brasch
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 579–584.
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Yeast
vaginitis during pregnancy: susceptibility testing of 13 antifungal drugs and
boric acid and the detection of four virulence factors
Ayşe
Kalkanci, Ahmet
Bariş GüZel, Israa
Ibrahim Jabban Khalil, Merve
Aydin, Macit
Ilkit, Semra
Kuştimur
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 585–593.
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Phaeohyphomycosis
due to Alternaria infectoria: a single-center experience with utility of
PCR for diagnosis and species identification
Tiphaine
Robert, Jean-Philippe
Talarmin, Marion
Leterrier, Elisabeth
Cassagnau, Patrice
Le Pape, Isabelle
Danner-Boucher, Olivier
Malard, Anabelle
Brocard, Françoise
Gay-Andrieu, Michel
Miegeville, Florent
Morio
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 594–600. |
Rare and
new etiological agents revealed among 178 clinical Aspergillus strains
obtained from Czech patients and characterized by molecular sequencing
Vit
Hubka, Alena
Kubatova, Nada
Mallatova, Petr
Sedlacek, Jan
Melichar, Magdalena
Skorepova, Karel
Mencl, Pavlina
Lyskova, Blanka
Sramkova, Milada
Chudickova, Petr
Hamal, Miroslav
Kolarik
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 601–610. |
Risk
factors for mortality in patients with mucormycosis
Brad
Spellberg, Dimitrios
P. Kontoyiannis, David
Fredricks, Michele
I. Morris, John
R. Perfect, Peter
V. Chin-Hong, Ashraf
S. Ibrahim, Eric
P. Brass
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 611–618.
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Multilocus
sequence typing of serial Candida albicans isolates from children with cancer,
children with cystic fibrosis and healthy controls
Karianne Wiger Gammelsrud, Belinda Langnes Lindstad, Peter Gaustad, André Ingebretsen, E. Arne Høiby, Petter Brandtzaeg, Per Sandven
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 619–626.
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Scedosporium
apiospermum catheter-related
soft-tissue infection: a case report and review of the literature
Carole
Eldin, Laurent
Chiche, Guillemette
Thomas, Marie
Pierre Dicostanzo, Jean
Marc Durand, Jean
Robert Harle, Stephane
Ranque
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 627–630.
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A case of
bronchial aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus udagawae and its
mycological features
Hiroshi
Gyotoku, Koichi
Izumikawa, Hideki
Ikeda, Takahiro
Takazono, Yoshitomo
Morinaga, Shigeki
Nakamura, Yoshifumi
Imamura, Tomoya
Nishino, Taiga
Miyazaki, Hiroshi
Kakeya, Yoshihiro
Yamamoto, Katsunori
Yanagihara, Akira
Yasuoka, Takashi
Yaguchi, Hideaki
Ohno, Yoshitsugu
Miyzaki, Katsuhiko
Kamei, Tetsuro
Kanda, Shigeru
Kohno
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 631–636. |
First
report of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Ochroconis tshawytschae in an immunocompetent patient
Yi P. Ge, Gui X. Lv, Yong N. Shen, Min Li, Shu W. Deng, Sybren De Hoog, Kittipan Samerpitak, Wei D. Liu
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 637–640.
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Treatment
of severe forms of paracoccidioidomycosis: is there a role for corticosteroids?
Gil
Benard, Aléia
F. Campos, Lucas
C. Netto, Luiz
G. Gonçalves, Luis
R. Machado, Evanthia
V. Mimicos, Francisco
O. S. França, Ronaldo
C. B. Gryschek
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 641–648. |
A
refractory case of chromoblastomycosis due to Fonsecaea monophora with
improvement by photodynamic therapy
Yabo
Yang, Yongxuan
Hu, Junmin
Zhang, Xiqing
Li, Changming
Lu, Yuheng
Liang, Liyan
Xi
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 649–653. |
Hypersensitivity
pneumonitis induced by Shiitake mushroom spores
Alexandre
Ampere, Laurence
Delhaes, Jacques
Soots, Frederic
Bart, Benoit
Wallaert
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 654–657. |
Serum
galactomannan in cystic fibrosis patients colonized with Aspergillus species
Thomas
A. Warren, Yvonne
Yau, Felix
Ratjen, Elizabeth
Tullis, Valerie
Waters
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 658–660. |
RT-qPCR
detection of Aspergillus fumigatus RNA in vitro and in a murine
model of invasive aspergillosis utilizing the PAXgene® and Tempus™
RNA stabilization systems
Charles
Oliver Morton, Antonella
de Luca, Luigina
Romani, Thomas
Richard Rogers
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 661–666. |
Enhanced
fungal DNA-extraction from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens
by application of thermal energy
Volker
Rickerts, Prasanna
D. Khot, Daisy
L. Ko, David
N. Fredricks
Medical
Mycology Aug 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6: 667–672. |
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