| survey of human pathogenic actinomycetes and fungi in soil from rome and other italian areas. | as part of a study sponsored by the ministry of health of italy, a research program on pathogenic actinomycetes, keratinophilic and pathogenic fungi in soil was carried out. two hundred soil samples, collected from different areas of the city of rome, calabria, emilia romagna, latium, apulia, sardinia, sicily, tuscany and umbria, were examined by several techniques to detect the widest possible variety of pathogenic actinomycetes and fungi. seven isolates of nocardia asteroides, four of actinoma ... | 1981 | 7012635 |
| survey of keratinophilic fungi isolated from city park soils of pisa, italy. | a survey of geophilic dermatophytes and related keratinophilic fungi isolated from city park soils of pisa is reported. twenty-three (48%) soil samples out of 48 were positive by hair baiting. the following species were isolated: microsporum gypseum (39%), trichophyton ajelloi (31%), chrysosporium keratinophilum (14%), t. terrestre (8%), m. fulvum, ch. luteum, ch. indicum (5% each) and m. cookei (2%). the presence of the different species is discussed in relation to the risk of fungal skin infec ... | 1998 | 10205883 |