ALLMedicine™ Fungal Culture Center

Jun 16th, 2022 - To report the clinical profile and treatment outcomes of patients with culture-positive Acremonium keratitis. This is a retrospective observational study. Medical records of all patients treated in a tertiary eye hospital for culture positive infe...

Jun 9th, 2022 - Peritonitis associated with fungal species Curvularia lunata seldom occurs with only five cases reported in the literature, all in middle-age patients with comorbidities undergoing dialysis. A 21-year-old female who was referred to surgical oncolo...

May 25th, 2022 - A veterinarian presented with multiple erythematous tender nodules over his right hand and arm. One month prior to the appearance of the lesions, he had treated a cat imported from Brazil who had ulcerated pustular cutaneous lesions. Despite antib...

May 14th, 2022 - Tinea capitis (TC) is the most common dermatophyte infection in children. Fungal culture; although a gold standard of diagnosis, requires time for the final results which can favor horizontal transmission. Trichoscopy helps in rapid diagnosis and ...

May 6th, 2022 - Kerion is an inflammatory type of tinea capitis manifesting as boggy crusted nodules. Diagnosis of kerion is often challenging due to high rates of false-negative mycological samples. A retrospective study among children with kerion, prior to anti...

Mar 23rd, 2022 - Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is the most common mould infection in immunocompromised haematological patients. A relatively low mortality is observed when diagnosis is made early and treatment with voriconazole, the first choice of treatment, is ini...

Mar 18th, 2022 - In recent decades, invasive fusarioses have been emerging fungal pathologies with high mortality. The prognosis depends on the speed of the diagnosis, but currently biological diagnosis is mainly based on fungal culture, no specific biomarker for ...

Mar 15th, 2022 - This study will be conducted in 2 portions: Enrollment A, which will consist of 2 treatment periods as follows and will be conducted in subjects with otomycosis: A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group treatment period. This treatment period wi...

Nov 11th, 2021 - Cross-sectional study Studied population & locality: Patients with signs and symptoms suggestive of spontaneous peritonitis who will be admitted to Tropical medicine and Gastroenterology or Internal medicine departments in Sohag university hospita...

Sep 2nd, 2021 - This is a multicenter prospective observational study conducted at 12 intensive care units (ICU) in Sweden. All patients >18 years of age with a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-verified influenza A or B diagnosed up to 7 days before admission to t...

Dec 6th, 2021 - Practice Gap Mycologic testing is necessary and cost-effective1 for appropriate diagnosis and treatment of onychomycosis. Empiric treatment of onychodystrophy for presumed onychomycosis can result in misdiagnosis, treatment failure, or potential a.

Nov 9th, 2021 - THE CASE A 72-year-old man was admitted to our Dallas hospital with a 4-day history of fevers and new-onset urinary frequency. He did not report any joint pain, sick contacts, or recent travel or recall any skin findings (rashes, insect bites).

Sep 2nd, 2021 - For patients who present with pesky vulvovaginal candidiasis, consider a course of ibrexafungerp, a first-in-class oral triterpenoid antifungal drug that was approved in June 2021, Aruna Venkatesan, MD, recommends. Dr.

Aug 4th, 2021 - The Diagnosis: Tinea Pseudoimbricata Tinea pseudoimbricata and tinea indecisiva are synonyms describing cases of tinea corporis that manifest in scaly plaques in concentric rings evocative of those present in tinea imbricata. However, in contrast.

Mar 8th, 2021 - Onychomycosis is the most prevalent nail condition worldwide and has a significant impact on quality of life. 1 There were 10 million physician visits for nail fungal infections in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2007 to 2016, whic.