Publications
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| aspergillus fumigatus epidural abscess in a renal transplant recipient. | an epidural abscess caused by aspergillus fumigatus occurred in a recipient of a cadaveric, renal allograft. the patient had persistent back pain and a peripheral neuropathy that involved the lower extremities. signs of spinal cord compression evolved. no definite portal of entry was found. diagnosis was made by histologic examination and culture of a biopsy specimen. therapy, consisting of aggressive surgical debridement, intravenous amphotericin b, and oral flucytosine was unsuccessful in erad ... | 1978 | 339864 |
| [comparison of radioimmunoassay techniques in the detection of ige and igg antibody activity against aspergillus fumigatus antigens]. | 1978 | 342606 | |
| "fruiting bodies" of aspergillus on the skin of a burned patient. | a case of a young man with an extensive total-body-surface burn complicated by wound infection is presented. one of the fungal organisms in the cutaneous burn wound had morphologically characteristic and diagnostic features by development of conidiophores ("fruiting bodies") pathognomonic of aspergillus spp. | 1978 | 343572 |
| aspergillosis of the frontal sinus. | aspergillus is the most common fungal infection of the paranasal sinuses and usually appears as a chronic disease in an otherwise healthy person. previously reported cases have involved the maxillary sinus alone in the majority of cases. to my knowledge, isolated frontal sinus aspergillosis has not been previously reported. a frontal osteoplastic flap approach was used to expose a fungus ball in the right frontal sinus of a healthy 69-year-old man. histologic preparations and fungal cultures sho ... | 1978 | 343775 |
| infection in the renal transplant patient. | 1978 | 344880 | |
| examination of the immunoglobulin classes involved in the serological response of pregnant sheep to aspergillus fumigatus. | pregnant sheep inoculated with aspergillus fumigatus conidia developed agglutinating and precipitating antibodies for mycelial antigens. the agglutinins were initially exclusively of the igm class, but were later supplemented by igg antibodies, although igm production was usually sustained throughout the serological response. precipitins active in the immunodiffusion test were of the igg class. they developed later in the immune response than agglutinins and declined more rapidly. the precipitin ... | 1978 | 345491 |
| a comparative study of antigens of aspergillus fumigatus isolates from patients and soil of ornamental plants in the immunodiffusion test. | the strikingly frequent and constant presence of aspergillus fimigatus in the soil of potted ornamental plants kept in private houses and hospitals has been the reason for studying the antigens of the strains found from the diagnostic and epidemiological angles. culture-filtrate antigens of a. fumigatus strains isolated from the soil of 4 different ornamental plants, epiphyllum (epiphyllum truncatum), orange tree (citrus sinensis), alpine rose (azalea indica) and christmas flower (euphorbia pulc ... | 1978 | 83753 |
| antigens and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. | 1978 | 147280 | |
| diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis by fiberoptic transbronchial lung biopsy. | 1978 | 340719 | |
| characterization of antigens from aspergillus fumigatus. i. preparation of antigens from organisms grown in completely synthetic medium. | aspergillus fumigatus was found to grow well in completely synthetic asparagine glycerol medium. four-day-old mycelia were totally disrupted by vigorous mechanical shaking with 0.45-micrometer glass beads. such mechanically produced extracts contained at least 52 precipitating antigens. the number of protein and carbohydrate components was maximal in 4-day-old organisms and decreased in older cultures. conversely, the number of components in culture filtrates increased with longer incubation per ... | 1978 | 101103 |
| characterization of antigens from aspergillus fumigatus. ii. fractionation and electrophoretic, immunologic, and biologic activity. | mycelial extracts of aspergillus fumigatus grown in completely synthetic medium were fractionated by precipitation with ammonium sulfate, by ion-exchange chromatography, and by gel filtration. the fractions were characterized chemically, by analytic polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and by tests for serologic and biologic activity. the distribution of the antigens in the fractions was determined by double diffusion in gel and fused-rocket immunoelectrophoresis. activity greater than that of th ... | 1978 | 101104 |
| determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration of amphotericin b and miconazole for 21 strains of aspergillus. | the susceptibility of 21 strains of aspergillus (11 of a. fumigatus, 8 of a, niger, and 2 of a. flavus) isolated from human pathologic specimens to amphotericin b and miconazole has been comparatively studied. determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration of both drugs in a liquid medium showed a noticeably variability for the different strains. the values obtained for amphotericin b varied between 0.25 microgram/ml (2 strains) and 1.25 microgram/ml (5 strains) after 48 hours, and betwee ... | 1978 | 104180 |
| purification and properties of the polymeric fatty acid synthetase from a filamentous fungus. | fatty acid synthetase was purified from the filamentous fungus, aspergillus fumigatus to a specific activity of 4000--5000 munits/mg protein. its purity was established by its appearance in electron micrographs, on sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gels and by analytical ultracentrifugation, and also by its behaviour upon sucrose gradient centrifugation. this enzyme comprises two large polypeptides with molecular weights of 190 000 and 186 000. evidence from electron microscopy indicates th ... | 1978 | 350287 |
| airborne aspergillus fumigatus levels outside and within a large clinical center. | most considerations of aspergillus fumigatus prevalence have implied that patterns of occurrence observed within london hospitals are generally applicable. since prevalence data are almost nonexistent elsewhere, this assumption remains untested. to provide a comparison relevant to north america, we have monitored thermotolerant fungi outside as well as at two sites within the university hospital, ann arbor, michigan, during one year. collections were made with paired andersen samplers and malt a ... | 1978 | 350933 |
| what does a fungus among us really mean? | 1978 | 350935 | |
| a comparison of the prevalence of sensitization to aspergillus antigens among asthmatics in cleveland and london. | a survey of the frequency of sensitization to aspergillus antigens was conducted in a group of asthmatics in cleveland and compared with a group of asthmatics in london, using common antigens for testing purposes. the two groups were comparable except for earlier onset, longer duration of asthma, and a larger number of males in the london group. twenty-eight per cent of the asthmatics from cleveland and 23% from london had immediate skin reactivity to aspergillus. seven and one-half percent from ... | 1978 | 350936 |
| [a case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (author's transl)]. | 1978 | 351105 | |
| [one-stage bilateral pulmonary resection in a case of bilateral aspergilloma of the lung]. | 1978 | 351582 | |
| allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. | allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (abpa) is not a common condition, even though asthma due to sensitization to aspergillus antigen is very common in many countries because of the ubiquitous distribution of the fungus itself. during the course of 14 years, the mycology department of the v. p. chest institute, delhi, has confirmed the diagnosis of abpa in 46 patients. the present study is based on the follow-up of 17 patients for understanding the evolution of the disease. all of them had as ... | 1978 | 351756 |
| cerebral aspergillosis following intracranial surgery. case report. | the authors report a case of cerebral aspergillosis. this is only the fifth case following intracranial surgery noted in the literature. pathogenesis, angiographic findings, and results of cerebrospinal fluid culture are discussed. | 1978 | 353230 |
| the role of precipitins in allergic lung disease. | 1978 | 353417 | |
| pumonary aspergillosis during hospital renovation. | during a 4-week period, aspergillus fumigatus caused disease in 2 patients and colonized a third patient in a renal transplant ward. our investigation indicated that increased exposure of these patients to spores probably occurred during renovation of the ward one floor above it. cases were significantly clustered (p = 0.014) during the period when work overhead caused dust to filter down through pores in the acoustical tiles of the false ceiling of the renal transplant ward. swab cultures demon ... | 1978 | 354445 |
| therapeutic failures with miconazole. | a retrospective review of therapeutic failures of miconazole in three patients is presented. miconazole, a new imidazole derivative, is a broad-spectrum antifungal agent purportedly effective topically, orally, and parenterally against a number of species of fungi. three patients with the following culturally proven deep fungal infections were treated with miconazole: (i) destructive arthritis (sporothrix schenckii), (ii) meningoencephalitis (cryptococcus neoformans), and (iii) disseminated aspe ... | 1978 | 354523 |
| humoral and cellular immune responses in aspergillus fumigatus pulmonary disease. | this study was designed to evaluate immunologic differences between aspergilloma (a) and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (abpa), comparing the results to atopic and nonatopic control subjects. humoral studies included skin tests with common inhalant antigens and aspergillus fumigatus. total and specific ige and other immunologlobulin levels and serum precipitins were evaluated against a. fumigatus. cellular immunity was studied with routine skin testing and phytohemaqglutinin-induced lym ... | 1978 | 355293 |
| the use of fluorescein-labelled lectins in the detection and identification of fungi pathogenic for man: a preliminary study. | fluorescein-labelled lectins of known specificities for different sugars were used in an attempt to identify fungi in paraffin sections of surgical and post-mortem material. aspergillus fumigatus, blastomyces dermatitidis, candida albicans, cryptococcus neoformans, paracoccidioides brasiliensis and rhizopus oryzae have been studied with five fluorescein-labelled lectins and with basis of differences in their reactions with these stains. the results accord well with what is known of the chemistry ... | 1978 | 355633 |
| aspergillosis of the maxillary sinus. | 1978 | 357140 | |
| the role of aspergillus fumigatus fresenius in dermatitis of chickens. | aspergillus fumigatus proved to be the causative organism of dermatitis in chickens. this has been assessed mycologically as well as histopathologically. the histopathological lesions caused by the fungi are fully described. the different factors which might help the establishment of the mycotic infection are discussed. | 1978 | 357966 |
| mycotic mastitis in two cows. | 1978 | 358027 | |
| fumitoxins, new mycotoxins from aspergillus fumigatus fres. | extracts of cultures of aspergillus fumigatus isolated from silage were lethal to chicken embryos. using this test and thin-layer chromatography, four uv-absorbing toxins, designated as fumitoxins a, b, c and d, were isolated. analysis and mass spectrometry of crystallized fumitoxin a, the most abundant in the extract, established its molecular formula to be c31h42o8. infrared, uv spectroscopy, and chemical reactions suggested that fumitoxin a is a steroid. fumitoxins appear to be clearly differ ... | 1978 | 358921 |
| [description of a technic for the detection of aspergillus fumigatus antibodies in extrinsic allergic alveolitis]. | 1978 | 358999 | |
| [determination of aspergillus fumigatus toxins by thin layer chromatography]. | 1978 | 359584 | |
| rapid germination of aspergillus fumigatus conidia in mouse kidneys and a kidney extract. | intravenously injected conidia of aspergillus fumigatus germinated rapidly in the kidneys of untreated and cortisone-treated specific-pathogen-free (spf) mice and in the livers of cortisone-treated spf mice. extracts of kidneys from untreated and cortisone-treated mice stimulated germination of a. fumigatus conidia in vitro. the possible roles of a germination stimulant and host defences in the kidney localisation of a. fumigatus infection are discussed. | 1978 | 360442 |
| a clinical environmental study of the aeroallergens of the islands of bermuda. | the major allergen responsible for allergic respiratory disease in the islands of bermuda has been shown to be derived from dermatophagoides pteronyssinus. 73% of the atopic group included in the survey gave weal and erythema reactions to extracts of this mite, whereas only 30% reacted to mixed pollen extracts and 10% to mould extracts. d. pteronyssinus was isolated from all house dust samples and it represented nature, with only a modest seasonal influence, and pollen counts were low throughout ... | 1978 | 361282 |
| fungal spores in lung and sputum. | a survey of fungal aerospora over a 2-year period was combined with an investigation of the fungi cultured from 295 samples of peripheral human lung and 2466 samples of sputum over the same period. 83% of lung and 88% of sputum samples contained culturable fungi, although in 16% of lung and 31% of sputum samples candida albicans was the only one. those fungi of small spore size tended to be found in lung tissue while those with larger spores were more likely to be found in the sputum. while thei ... | 1978 | 361283 |
| the diagnostic value of antibodies to the traditional antigens of farmer's lung in finland. | precipitating antibodies towards antigens associated with farmer's lung disease were studied in finnish dairy farming and non-farming rural populations and the results were compared to those of serum samples of patients suspected of having a fungal allergy. the antigen panel consisted of aspergillus fumigatus, micropolyspora faeni and thermoactinomyces vulgaris. all three microbes seemed to be important environmental inducers of antibody formation. the prevalence of antibodies towards all of the ... | 1978 | 361284 |
| [a meningoencephalitic form of cerebral aspergillosis effectively treated with a derivative of berberine alkaloids (author's transl)]. | 1978 | 361324 | |
| [antifungal properties of paste used for local treatment of fungal lung diseases]. | 1978 | 362381 | |
| [studies on air pollution by fungal spores at selected working posts at a paper factory]. | 1978 | 362382 | |
| a case of abortion in rabbit due to aspergillus fumigatus infection. | 1978 | 362693 | |
| unusual manifestations of pulmonary aspergillosis. | pulmonary aspergillosis is being diagnosed with increasing frequency, particularly in larger referral centers. the spectrum of lung pathology can be classified into 3 major groups: a) non-invasive mycetoma; b) allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and c) invasive aspergillosis. five patients with pulmonary aspergillosis are presented, illustrating unusual features of each major group. transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy was diagnostic in 3 patients. it is important to differentiate a myceto ... | 1978 | 363725 |
| aspergillus infection in a patient receiving immunosuppressive drugs. | a rare case of an indolent aspergillus infection in a deep neck space in an immunologically compromised patient is reported. aggressive measures were taken to identify the cause of the infection. despite concerted antifungal therapy, the patient died. | 1978 | 363984 |
| invasion of a bronchial carcinoma by aspergillus fumigatus. | 1978 | 364761 | |
| [occurrence of aspergillus fumigatus in west berlin - contribution to the epidemiology of aspergillosis (author's transl)]. | the increasing incidence of human a. fumigatus infections particularly such of the respiratory tract has led to this study of the epidemiological situation. during the period between october 1968 and december 1977, a. fumigatus was isolated from clinical material in 425 cases. these findings which were established at the mycology unit, robert koch institute, federal health office, exhibited the following distribution by regions of the body or type of specimen: respiratory tract 277 (65.1(); veno ... | 1978 | 364887 |
| cystic fibrosis, atopy, and airways lability. | in a survey of cystic fibrosis (cf) in the avon area, 48 children with cf from 40 families together with 71 of their parents were studied by spirometry, exercise tests, and pinch tests. a control group of 42 young adults was similarly tested; control data for children were taken from previously published work. the prevalence of atopy (any positive prick test) in children with cf was 48%. sensitivity to grass pollens and house dust mite was no more common in these children (29%) than in a normal ... | 1978 | 365112 |
| mycological and serological studies in the diagnosis of various forms of pulmonary aspergillosis. | 1978 | 98837 | |
| [process of fumigatin and spinulosin formation by aspergillus fumigatus fres and polarographic assay of these toxins (author's transl)]. | a strain of aspergillus fumigatus (fresenius) isolated from a milk food for calves was grown on a culture medium containing added saccharose. the purpose was to study the synthesis of two recently discovered mycotoxins, fumigatin and spinulosin. the work was performed under many different conditions of temperature, ph and inoculum. these mycotoxins were measured by analytical differential pulse polarography. correlations were observed between the growth rate of a. fumigatus and variation in ph o ... | 1978 | 31124 |
| variability of antigenicity of aspergillus fumigatus. | 1978 | 75900 | |
| antigenic variability of aspergillus fumigatus strains. | the effect of culture media, temperature of incubation, and continuous shaking of cultures, on the reactivity and yield of antigens of aspergillus fumigatus were evaluated. it was found that aoac medium was superior to czapek medium and shake cultures yielded better results than stationary cultures. however, antigens from stationary cultures in aoac medium incubated at 30 degrees c for 3 weeks were equally as good as antigens obtained from 2-week-old shake cultures. antigens from 11 selected str ... | 1977 | 82195 |
| [effect of fungicides on aspergilus fungi]. | 1977 | 100848 | |
| studies on the toxin of aspergillus fumigatus. vii. purification and some properities of hemolytic toxin (asp-hemolysin) from culture filtrates and mycelia. | a hemolytic toxin has been obtained from mycelia and culture filtrates of aspergillus fumigatus by the procedures that included precipitation with ammonium sulfate, chromatography of deae-sephadex, affinity chromatography on concanavalin a-sepharose and gell filtration on sephadex g-50, g-100 and g-150. the purified homolytic toxin was homogeneous on immunological and disk electrophoretic analysis, and the toxin from culture filtrates was identical with that from mycelia by the immunodiffusion t ... | 1977 | 16196 |
| phosphate uptake and involvement of binding protein in tween-80 supplemented culture of aspergillus fumigatus. | tween-80 supplementation in submerged culture of aspergillus fumigatus resulted in an increase of phosphate uptake. the uptake system was characterized as saturable, energy-dependent and operating against the concentration gradient. control and tween 80 cultures showed similar km values for phosphate uptake (50 micrometer). cold osmotic shock treatment of the cultures was found to cause considerable reduction in the ability to take up phosphorus with concomitant release of the binding protein in ... | 1977 | 18385 |
| treatment of fungal infections with miconazole. | the present study reports on 15 patients with confirmed or suspected secondary fungal infection, who were treated with intravenous miconazole and a daily dose of 0.4 to 28 g (mean 9.8 g). the mycological findings confirmed infection with aspergillus fumigatus in 6 patients and severe infection with candida albicans in 4. clinically mycological cures were achieved in 4 patients and some improvement was found in 3 others. the excellent patient tolerance of the drug makes it seem a likely treatment ... | 1977 | 122648 |
| bronchocentric granulomatosis: a complication of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. | hypersensitivity to the fungal antigens of aspergillus fumigatus may result in a spectrum of immune injury collectively known as allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (abpa). this report describes a 14-yr-old boy who presented clinical findings consistent with abpa,including a history of asthma, blood eosinophilia, serum precipitins, and ige antibodies to aspergillus fumigatus. sputum aspergillus, pulmonary infiltrates, and dual types i and iii skin reactions to aspergillus fumigatus were obse ... | 1977 | 319138 |
| severe persistent biphasic local (immediate and late) skin reactions to insulin. | a patient with adult-onset insulin-requirging diabetes mellitus had persistent severe local reactions to all available insulins of animal origin. skin reactions were biphasic in nature with both immediate and late characteristics. an extensive immunologic investigation of this problem was undertaken, revealing evidence of reaginic antibody involvement in the reactions. routine histologic studies suggested the possibility that arthus-type mechanisms played a part, although this impression was not ... | 1977 | 319142 |
| [allergy to house dust in patients with asthma. iii. ige level and specific ige antibodies against house dust allergens, dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, aspergillus fumigatus and cladosporium herbarum in the serum of patients with asthma]. | 1977 | 319433 | |
| therapy of murine aspergillosis with amphotericin b in combination with rifampin of 5-fluorocytosine. | suboptimal doses of amphotericin b in combination with either rifampin or 5-fluorocytosine were better than single-drug therapy in the treatment of disseminated aspergillus fumigatus infection in mice. despite the increased effectiveness of combination therapy, none of the therapeutic regimens we used completely eradicated infections in the mice when evaluated by mycological culture, even in long-term survivors. | 1977 | 319750 |
| occurrence of spores of thermophilic fungi in the air at bombay. | 1977 | 320470 | |
| improved methods of producing precipitating aspergillus antigens. | improved methods for producing aspergillus fumigatus antigens capable of giving sensitive and reproducible results by counterimmunoelectrophoresis (ciep) are described. among the factors investigated were the source of casein hydrolysate used for n source, method of incubating the ciep slide following a run, effect of freeze pressing and lyophilization, age of culture and ratio of c to n source in the medium. | 1977 | 320920 |
| epidemiologic aspects of allergic aspergillosis. | the incidence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (aba) seems much less in the united states than in great britain. the suggestion that there are differences in the atmospheric burden of a. fumigatus prompted the authors to evaluate skin reactivity to a. fumigatus in their clinic population. immediate skin reactivity was found significantly less than to alternaria, a common midwest mold. because of the association of a. fumigatus with decaying vegetation, compost piles in the st. louis ar ... | 1977 | 320921 |
| interspecific protoplast fusion and complementation in aspergilli. | 1977 | 321242 | |
| examination of the effect of age and acquired immunity on the susceptibility of mice to infection with aspergillus fumigatus. | adult cba mice showed considerably greater resistance to experimental infection with aspergillus fumigatus than young animals of the same strain (p less than 0.01). furthermore, in contrast with the young mice, the susceptibility of the adults was only moderately increased by treatment with cortico-steroids. on the other hand, immunosuppressive treatments producing severe depression of lymphocyte function greatly increased susceptibility to lethal infection and promoted fungal growth in a wide r ... | 1977 | 321970 |
| counterimmunoelectrophoresis and opportunistic fungal infections. | sera from 35 apparently normal humans, 37 compromised human patients, 30 hedgehogs and 30 sheep, were examined for precipitating antibodies to four opportunistic fungi - absidia corymbifera, aspergillus fumigatus, candida albicans and rhizopus arrhizus-using counterimmunoelectrophoresis (cie). precipitins to a. fumigatus were almost exclusively confined to specimens obtained from the compromised human group (51% of those examined) while candida precipitating antibodies were detected in the sera ... | 1977 | 321971 |
| germination of aspergillus fumigatus conidia in the lungs of normal and cortisone-treated mice. | inhaled conidia of aspergillus fumigatus germinated in the lungs of mice at a low rate but both germinated and ungerminated spores were cleared. spores germinated at a high rate in the lungs of cortisone-treated mice. | 1977 | 323999 |
| aspergillosis in imported penguins. | an outbreak of aspergillosis in imported penguins caused by aspergillus fumigatus is described. the birds probably acquired the infection from the country of origin or during their transportation. predisposing circumstances are discussed. | 1977 | 324000 |
| aspiration biopsy in plumonary opportunistic infections. | 1977 | 324215 | |
| asthmatic pulmonary eosinophilia: a review of 65 cases. | in a series of 65 patients with asthma with pulmonary eosinophilia 54 were adequately investigated for allergic aspergillosis and this was present in 32 (59%). asthma with pulmonary eosinophilia was found to carry a relatively poor prognosis in terms of permanent symptoms, impairment of pulmonary function and residual radiographic abnormality. the prognosis was least favourable when allergic aspergillosis was associated with long-standing asthma. on the other hand there was a group of patients w ... | 1977 | 324510 |
| the influence of 5-fluorocytosine on nucleic acid synthesis in candida albicans, cryptococcus neoformans, and aspergillus fumigatus. | 5-fluorocytosine (5-fc) has a rapid inhibitory effect on the synthesis of rna and dna in the yeast and hyphal form of candida albicans. 5-fc has a less marked effect on the rna and dna content of sensitive strains of cryptococcus neoformans and has no effect on the nucleic acid content of aspergillus fumigatus nor of resistant strains of c. albicans and c. neoformans. 5-fc has a slower inhibitory effect on yeast cell number increase and no effect on hyphal length of hyphal phase c. albicans over ... | 1977 | 324722 |
| four years experience with dura mater cardiac valves. | the clinical use of homologous dura mater cardiac valves was begun in january 1971. between january 1971 and may 1975, 751 patients received 849 dura mater valves: 428 mitral, 365 aortic, 52 tricuspid and 4 pulmonary. the hospital mortality observed in this series was 13.6% and late mortality was 2.5%. the main causes of death were low-output syndrome in the immediate post-operative period or cardiac failure in the late post-operative period, due to myocardial impairment. paravalvular leaks and ... | 1977 | 325013 |
| sporulation and spore liberation in aspergillus fumigatus. | 1977 | 325416 | |
| the uptake of aspergillus fumigatus protein by serum igg antibody from patients with pulmonary aspergillosis. | a method is presented for measuring the uptake of aspergillus fumigatus protein by igg antibodies from human serum. the human igg is first isolated with an anti-igg conjugated immunosorbent and then incubated with radio-iodinated a. fumigatus protein. a group of twenty-three control sera gave the same background levels as tests without sera. the highest uptake of a. fumigatus protein was given by the sera of patients with aspergilloma, and lower values were obtained with six out of thirteen sera ... | 1977 | 326434 |
| [the aspergillus sinusitis (author's transl)]. | 1977 | 327467 | |
| paranasal aspergilloma caused by an albino variant of aspergillus fumigatus. | an unusual case of aspergilloma in the maxillary sinus caused by an albino variant of aspergillus fumigatus var ellipticus is presented. removal of the fungus ball by a left caldwell-luc procedure resulted in complete recovery for the patient. this case is the 17th culturally proven case of paranasal aspergilloma caused by a fumigatus, the third case reported from the united states, the first case due to aspergillosis caused by an albino strain of a fumigatus. | 1977 | 327569 |
| surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma. | fourteen patients with aspergilloma (fungus ball) were reviewed. hemoptysis was the major symptom (93%). chest roentgenograms disclosed a "fungus ball" in every patient, and the mycelia of aspergillus fumigatus were recovered from all resected specimens. one of three patients treated by pneumonectomy died post-operatively. a lobectomy was performed in ten patients, and segmental resection in one without mortality or significant morbidity. there has been no evidence of recurrence in a follow up o ... | 1977 | 327952 |
| [incorporation of glycine and serine in sideramines of the ferrichrome type with fungi of the genus aspergillus in vivo and in vitro (author's transl)]. | a 1.6-11.8% incorporation of labelled glycine and serine into ferrichrome, ferricrocin and ferrichrysin has been achieved with four strains of aspergillus in vivo. cell-free extracts of aspergillus fumigatus and a. quadricinctus capable of cyclohexa-peptide biosynthesis have been prepared. | 1977 | 327964 |
| maize silage: incidence of moulds during conservation. | the basic principle of silage making--preservation under anaerobiosis--is recognized. with this environment the substrate can harbour a spontaneous and active microflora that can be divided into two sequential phases; a bacterial phase followed by a yeast phase. the imperfections of the techniques used in making silage, however, frequently result in invasion by fungi. the moulds that are responsible for serious changes (loss of nutrients, mycotoxins) are classified into a dozen characteristic di ... | 1977 | 328359 |
| mycotoxins produced by aspergillus fumigatus species isolated from molded silage. | 1977 | 328548 | |
| allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in a cane-sugar mill. | allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is reported in two (1.5%) of 131 workers occupationally exposed to aspergillus fumigatus at the u.d. sugar mills, shamli. twelve of the workers revealed type i (9.2%) and three (2.8%) type iii skin hypersensitivity against with fungus. serum preciptins were demonstrated in two out of 44 workers and positive sputum cultures in 26 out of 58 workers. it is suggested that constitutional predisposition of the host may be a more important factor than the extent ... | 1977 | 329408 |
| studies in chronic allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. 3. immunological findings. | precipitin tests by two different methods, double-diffusion (dd) and counterimmunoelectrophoresis (cie), and measurements of total and specific ige against aspergillus fumigatus were made in 50 patients with chronic allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and in three control groups--atopics with a positive immediate prick test to a. fumigatus but no evidence of allergic aspergillosis, atopics with a negative prick test to a. fumigatus, and non-atopics. precipitins were found in 84% and 78% of t ... | 1977 | 329461 |
| [pathogenesis of mycotic abortion in cows]. | 1977 | 329555 | |
| evidence that aspergillus fumigatus growing in the airway of man can be a potent stimulus of specific and nonspecific ige formation. | serum ige levels in patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis are elevated but the degree of elevation varies markedly. serum ige levels in patients with aspergillomas may be strikingly elevated or normal. absorption of serums with antigens of aspergillus fumigatus combined with a solid phase radioimmunoassay technic demonstrated that both immunoglobulin e (ige) and immunoglobulin g (igg) antibody activity against a. fumigatus were markedly reduced without a parallel reduction in ser ... | 1977 | 329672 |
| chitin biosynthesis in protoplasts and subcellular fractions of aspergillus fumigatus. | the biosynthesis of chitin has been obtained in broken mycelia and protoplasts of the fungus aspergillus fumigatus. the specific activity of chitin synthase (ec 2.4.1.16) in a membrane preparation from protoplasts derived from the hyphal tips of a. fumigatus was 26.8-fold greater than that of the chitin synthase in broken mycelia, indicating that the active chitin synthase is located primarily in a membrane-bound site at the hyphal tip. polyoxin d was a potent competitive inhibitor of the enzyme ... | 1977 | 329836 |
| inhibition of tryptophan uptake in aspergillus fumigatus by tryptamine. | 1977 | 330196 | |
| [aspergillosis of the brain]. | a case of aspergillosis of the brain in a 49-year old woman is described. in view of the fact that there were no inflammatory changes in other organs, the assumption was put forward that the fungus had penetrated into the brain by the otogenic way, or through the accessory nasal sinuses. the results of experimental infection of laboratory animals aimed at obtaining a model of meningoencephalitis are discussed. it was shown that spores of the aspergillus fumigatus fungus in low concentrations int ... | 1977 | 332126 |
| the metabolism of phenylacetic acid by aspergillus fumigatus atcc 28282: identification of 2,6-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid. | aspergillus fumigatus atcc 28282 converted phenylacetic acid into a new dihydroxylated compound (2,6-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid) which was identified as 2,6-dimethoxyphenylacetic acid methyl ester. two other new metabolites have been isolated also and identified as orthohydroxyphenylacetic acid and meta-hydroxyphenylacetic acid. | 1977 | 332293 |
| [mycological and clinical studies on a new local antimycotic drug]. | 1977 | 334661 | |
| the effect of freezing and the influence of isolation medium on the recovery of pathogenic fungi from sputum. | the primary objective of this study was to determine whether freezing sputa in dry ice had any effect on the recovery of pathogenic fungi. sputa seeded with each of five fungi (histoplasma capsulatum, blastomyces dermatitidis, cryptococus neoformans, coccidioides immitis, and aspergillus fumigatus) were frozen and stored for 24, 48, and 72 hours on dry ice. h. capsulatum was killed, and only a few colonies of b. dermatitidis and c. neoformans were isolated from these sputa. however, a. fumigatus ... | 1977 | 335251 |
| safety evaluation of aspergillus fumigatus grown on cassava for use as an animal feed. | a safety evaluation of aspergillus fumigatus i21, grown in a cassava carbohydrate and salts medium, was undertaken. male weanling rats were fed the fungus at 20, 30 and 40% of the diet for 90 days. a control group was given soybean oil meal as the sole source of protein. weekly determinations of the body weights and feed consumptions were made. a few days prior to termination of the feeding study, a kidney function test was undertaken on the rats. at the end of the feeding period hematology, blo ... | 1977 | 336162 |
| effect of phosphate on ergot alkaloid synthesis in aspergillus fumigatus. | high concentration of inorganic phosphate in the culture medium of aspergillus fumigatus inhibited ergot alkaloid synthesis. addition of l-tryptophan but not mevalonate or 5-methyltryptophan to the above culture restored the alkaloid synthesis to the level found in normal cultures. the decrease in alkaloid synthesis in the fungus accompanies an increase in cell mass, cellular protein and sterol content. aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase activities were significantly increas ... | 1977 | 336488 |
| role of biotin in ergot alkaloid formation by aspergillus fumigatus. | 1977 | 336519 | |
| sterol metabolism during germination of conidia of aspergillus fumigatus. | the sterol content of germinating conidia of the opportunistic pathogenic fungus aspergillus fumigatus has been correlated with germination phase and sensitivity to polyene antibiotics. the sterol and sterol ester contents of walls did not change during germination. the sterol ester content of membranes and cell sap remained constant during germination, whereas the sterol content increased during the outgrowth of germ tubes. on the basis of differential extraction studies it was concluded that t ... | 1977 | 336840 |
| aspergillus fumigatus: a possible relationship between spore size and virulence for mice. | 1977 | 336848 | |
| [epizootologic study of aspergillosis abortions in cows]. | studied were mycologically a total of 463 aborted fetuses from 32 farms in the district of roussé in 1972-1974. the pathogenic aspergillus fumigatus fungus was established in 16.19 per cent of the cases. abortions occurred the year round, becoming more frequent on the hot and wet days in summer and autumn as well as at in-door rearing and inappropriate hygiene conditions in winter. most frequently abortions set in between the third and seventh month of pregnancy, which should be taken into consi ... | 1977 | 337647 |
| the migrating mycetoma. | a case of mycetoma is presented in which the fungus ball migrated from the apex to the base of the lung as a result of progressive parencyhmal destruction by tuberculosis. histological and serological data suggested aspergillus fumigatus as the cause of the mycetoma. aspergillomas rarely coexist in cavities with active tuberculosis. | 1977 | 338010 |
| vertebral aspergillosis with preservation of the disc. | 1977 | 338084 | |
| diagnosing allergic bronchopulmonay aspergillosis. | 1977 | 338111 | |
| [prophylaxis of fungal contamination (author's transl)]. | increased contamination by facultative pathogens such as coliforms and related gram-negative bacteria and candida albicans in hospital areas of risk endangers the benefits of medical care and causes great concern. the patient himself is the predominant source of nosocomial infections. furthermore the medical staff, ward personnel, and contaminated environment must be incriminated. by proper decontamination of certain groups of high-risk patients and of their surroundings as well as by interrupti ... | 1977 | 339017 |
| [bacterial and fungal rhino-sinusitis]. | 1977 | 339339 | |
| aspergillus pneumonia--a cluster of four cases in an intensive care unit. | four cases of aspergillus pneumonia occurred in an intensive care unit within a short period. clusters of cases of invasive aspergillosis are rare and have usually been attributed to excessive contamination of the environment. extensive environmental studies were, however, negative. three of the cases were diagnosed ante mortem. one patient survived after early initiation of treatment with amphotericin b. | 1977 | 339374 |
| [virulence and biochemical activity of aspergillus fumigatus strains isolated from cow fetuses]. | tested was the virulence of 20 strains of aspergillus fumigatus isolated from cow fetuses. all laboratory mice injected with them died, and the pregnant guinea pigs aborted. it was demonstrated that these strains contain exogenic and endotoxic substances which are extracted effectively with alcohol and ether. the mould cultures showed proteolytic, amylolytic, cellulose, and organic acid activity. the biochemical and pathogenic potential of the strains were of great importance for causing abortio ... | 1977 | 339512 |
| occurrence of aspergillus fumigatus during composting of sewage sludge. | aspergillus fumigatus, a medically important fungal opportunist and respiratory allergen, was isolated from woodchips and sewage sludge used in the production of compost at the u.s. department of agriculture's composting research facility in beltsville, md. it was also regularly isolated as a dominant fungus during forced aeration composting and after 30 days in an unaerated stationary curing pile; in both cases, the fungus was found in pile zones with temperatures less than 60 degrees c. compos ... | 1977 | 339835 |