| identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of micro-organisms recovered from cutaneous lesions of human american tegumentary leishmaniasis in minas gerais, brazil. | an evaluation of the microbiota present in cutaneous ulcers from 31 patients with a clinical and parasitological diagnosis of american tegumentary leishmaniasis (atl) was carried out by the standard filter paper disc technique, including antimicrobial susceptibility of the bacterial isolates. microbial examination indicated that 21 patients (67.7%) were contaminated with one to four bacteria and some of them also with yeast. a total of 142 micro-organisms were isolated. staphylococcus aureus was ... | 2005 | 16192439 |
| [seroepidemiological survey for infections by fungi causing systemic mycoses in the xacriabá indian reserve, minas gerais state, brazil]. | xacriabá indian reserve is situated in the north of minas gerais state, brazil, near the municipality of manga and são francisco river. the indian population is miscegenated with caucasian and negroid people and have farming activities. blood samples were collected from 180 inhabitants of the reserve (85 men and 95 women), 15 to 84 years old. serum antibodies against antigens of paracoccidioides brasiliensis, histoplasma capsulatum, cryptococcus neoformans, and candida albicans were tested for b ... | 2002 | 12170330 |
| chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils from ocimum selloi and hesperozygis myrtoides. | ocimum selloi, a traditional medicinal plant from brazil, is sold in open-air markets at rio de janeiro state. hesperozygis myrtoides is a very aromatic small bush found in the state of minas gerais, brazil, growing at an altitude of 1800m. the chemical composition of both essential oils was analyzed as well as their antimicrobial activity against fungi and bacteria. for all specimens of ocimum selloi obtained at open-air markets, methylchavicol was major compound found (93.6% to 97.6%) in their ... | 2011 | 21834250 |
| incidence and anatomic localization of oral candidiasis in patients with aids hospitalized in a public hospital in belo horizonte, mg, brazil. | the objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence, anatomic localization and yeast species isolated from each clinical type of oral candidiasis. the clinical samples were obtained from 67 patients with aids with cd4 cell counts below 200 cells/mm(3) and hospitalized in a public hospital (eduardo de menezes hospital) in the city of belo horizonte, mg, brazil. yeasts were isolated using chromagar candida. the results show that 50.7% of these patients had oral candidiasis. the pseudomembran ... | 2008 | 19089255 |
| prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of yeasts obtained from the oral cavity of elderly individuals. | infections caused by candida yeasts are common in elderly individuals. seventy-five isolates of candida spp. were obtained from saliva samples of 136 institutionalized elderly individuals resident in six retirement homes of belo horizonte, brazil. forty-seven isolates (62.66%) were identified as candida albicans, 15 (20%) as c. tropicalis, 7 (9.33%) as c. glabrata, 4 (5.33) as c. parapsilosis, and 2 (2.67%) as c. guilliermondii. among the 136 elderly individuals studied, 49 (36%) were male and 8 ... | 2006 | 16830190 |
| prevalence and fluconazole susceptibility profile of candida spp. clinical isolates in a brazilian tertiary hospital in minas gerais, brazil. | candidiasis has become an important concern for clinical practice, especially with the increasing incidence of immunocompromised patients. in this scenario, the development resistance to fluconazole presents a challenge for treating these opportunistic infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate some epidemiology features of candida infections in a brazilian university hospital using data, previously unavailable. we observed that 44% of the 93 clinical isolates tested, belonged to candida ... | 2015 | 26312420 |
| evaluation of antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of plant extracts from southern minas gerais cerrado. | the antimicrobial activity of plant hidroethanolic extracts on bacteria gram positive, gram negative, yeasts, mycobacterium tuberculosis h37 and mycobacterium bovis was evaluated by using the technique of agar diffusion and microdilution in broth. among the extracts evaluated by agar diffusion, the extract of bidens pilosa leaf presented the most expressive average of haloes of growth inhibition to the microorganisms, followed by the extract of b. pilosa flower, of eugenia pyriformis' leaf and s ... | 2014 | 24553603 |