| bovine mycotic abortion caused by acremonium kiliense grutz. | acremonium kiliense was cultured from the placenta and abomasal contents of an aborted bovine foetus; attempts to isolate viruses and bacteria were unsuccessful although the serum of the dam contained antibodies to leptospira pomona. the fungus was nonpathogenic for mice but was able to survive in murine tissues for at least 13 weeks. the possibility of this case being a foetal infection as a result of insemination with contaminated semen is discussed. | 1979 | 575677 |
| new leaf diseases of barley in egypt. | leaf diseases of barley were observed also in egypt. from leaves of barley were isolated: helminthosporium teres, h. gramineum, stemphylium vesicarium, alternaria triticina, vlocladium chartarum, acnemonium kiliense, stemphylium spec. accompanied with the pleospora stage. inoculations on both attached and detached leaves showed that all the tested fungi were pathogenic, except acremonium kiliense and ulocladium chartarum. | 1976 | 1037183 |
| acremonium kiliense in oesophagus stenosis. | the aetiological significance of acremonium kiliense is demonstrated for the first time in a human gastrointestinal infection. the mycotic oesophagitis with gastro-oesophageal reflux is described. the situation was treated effectively with itraconazole and anti-reflux surgery. | 1991 | 1795724 |
| keratinophilic fungi on sheep hairs from the west bank of jordan. | the mycoflora of the hair in 285 sheep from the west bank of jordan was analysed and the frequency of occurrence and the relative importance value for different fungal species found were calculated. ninety six species which belong to 36 genera were isolated. forty one of these species were either well-known agents of animal and human mycoses (trichophyton verrucosum, t. mentagrophytes, microsporum nanum, m. canis, and others), or have been isolated from human and animal lesions (arthroderma cuni ... | 1989 | 2797114 |
| keratinophilic fungi on the hair of goats from the west bank of jordan. | the mycoflora of the hair in 178 goats from the west bank of jordan was analysed and the frequency of occurrence and the relative importance value for the different keratinophilic fungi found were calculated. one hundred and seven species which belong to 38 genera were isolated. thirty six of these species were either well recognised agents of mycoses (trichophyton mentagrophytes, t. verrucosum, and m. nanum), or have been frequently isolated from human and animal lesions (arthroderma spp., acre ... | 1988 | 3221912 |
| acremonium kiliense osteomyelitis of the calvarium. | a 35-year-old man with osteomyelitis of the calvarium, from which acremonium kiliense was consistently isolated, was successfully treated with amphotericin-b and ketoconazole in addition to craniectomy. subsequent acrylic cranioplasty produced a good cosmetic result. | 1985 | 4039421 |
| canine mycotic keratoconjuntivitis caused by acremonium kiliense. | mycotic keratoconjuntivitis caused by acremonium kiliense in a german shepherd bitch was diagnosed with the aid of laboratory tests. the dog presented with photophobia, tearing, corneal edema and reduction of the visual capacity. a thick white layer partially covered the right eye. the left eye showed irritation and small brown stains which were diagnosed as pigmentary keratitis. the initial treatment consisted of 2% yellow mercury oxide. natamycin was used as final treatment. seven days later, ... | 1985 | 4095650 |
| an alkaline protease from acremonium kiliense. specificity, kinetics, and effect of ph. | | 1972 | 4673068 |
| an alkaline protease from acremonium kiliense. the enzyme protein and its properties in solutions of urea and sodium dodecylsulphate. | | 1972 | 5065742 |
| a new alkaline protease from acremonium kiliense. | | 1971 | 5169149 |
| an ultrastructural study of pale eumycetoma grains. | the electron microscopic appearances of grains from seven patients with pale grain eumycetoma infections have been studied. the infecting fungi were pseudallescheria boydii (2), fusarium sp. (1), acremonium kiliense (1), a non-sporing mould (2) and trichophyton violaceum (1). p. boydii grown in vitro and grains from a madurella mycetomatis infection were used for comparison. the most important ultrastructural features of the pale eumycetoma grains were the gross thickening of the fungal cell wal ... | 1983 | 6686344 |
| [endocarditis in dura mater prosthesis caused by acremonium kiliense]. | | 1981 | 7201668 |
| pale grain eumycetomas in madras. | biopsy specimens from 211 cases of mycetoma were examined histologically. pale grain eumycetoma was found in seven cases. four of these were studied mycologically, acremonium kiliense was isolated from two and acremonium falciforme and pseudallescheria boydii from one case each. the geographic distribution of these organisms, and their incidence and prevalence are discussed. | 1995 | 7487741 |
| treatment of eumycetoma with ketoconazole. | ten patients with eumycetoma were treated with oral ketoconazole in the dosage of 400mg/day for 8 to 24 months. in eight cases the foot was affected: four were due to madurella mycetomatis and one each due to m grisea, pyrenochaeta romeroi, acremonium kiliense and a falciorme. one mycetoma which affected the back and perineum was due to a kiliense, and one case presented with multiple sebaceous cysts and the scalp and m mycetomatis was isolated from the lesion. clinical and laboratory tests show ... | 1993 | 8240184 |
| [strategy for examination and therapy of mycotic keratitis]. | keratomycosis still represents a major problem in ophthalmology because of diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. this is caused by difficult clinical differentiation and problems in microbiological analysis due to pretreatment and lack of sample material in early stages of the infection. | 1993 | 8389948 |
| acremonium kiliense peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: report of two cases. | two cases of peritonitis caused by acremonium kiliense in patients receiving a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis treatment are reported. diagnosis was established by direct examination and cultures of dialysis effluent, secretion of catheter-exit-site and from the tip of the catheter. management of fungal peritonitis includes catheter removal, since in this infection the result of systemic antifungal therapy is inconsistent. | 1995 | 8532059 |
| kerionlike lesion of the scalp due to acremonium kiliense in a noncompromised boy. | we report a case of kerionlike lesion of the scalp due to acremonium kiliense in a boy without underlying disease. diagnosis was established by direct examination and cultures from pus and scrapings. | 1995 | 8599069 |
| management of postoperative acremonium endophthalmitis. | four patients presented after cataract surgery with delayed-onset endophthalmitis caused by acremonium kiliense with in vitro sensitivity to amphotericin b. in all patients, ocular infection was recalcitrant to single-dose intravitreous amphotericin b injection. the authors reviewed the management of endophthalmitis caused by a. kiliense and presented treatment recommendations. | 1996 | 8637683 |
| acremonium kiliense endophthalmitis that occurred after cataract extraction in an ambulatory surgical center and was traced to an environmental reservoir. | during october and november 1993, four patients contracted acremonium kiliense endophthalmitis at one ambulatory surgical center. we hypothesized that the source was environmental and conducted a matched case-control study, environmental evaluation, and observational studies. case and control patients were similar in clinical characteristics. however, case patients all had surgery on the first operative day of the week or had surgery significantly sooner after the operating room opened than did ... | 1996 | 8838176 |
| delayed-onset fungal keratitis after endophthalmitis. | this study aimed to present two patients with delayed-onset, endogenous fungal keratitis after treatment for fungal endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. | 1998 | 9479284 |
| role of fluconazole in the long-term suppressive therapy of fungal infections in patients with artificial implants. | with the increased use of artificial implants the management of related infections has become an important challenge. normally an infected implant would be removed. in many cases this might be contraindicated and drug treatment remains as the only alternative. as microbiological eradication is often impossible, especially in fungal infections at artificial implants (fiai) long-term suppressive therapy might be required. the objective of this study was to determine the therapeutic value of flucon ... | 1999 | 10865912 |
| case report. multiple etiology post-surgery endophthalmitis. | the case describes a septic endophthalmitis arisen in a convalescence period following surgery of cataract extraction. the infection was due to staphylococcus aureus and three fungal components, candida albicans, candida glabrata and acremonium kiliense, which were subsequently isolated. a careful and prompt laboratory investigation allowed the clinicians to adjust the antimycotic therapy and attain an excellent clinical result. | 2002 | 11856436 |
| tmc-260, a new inhibitor of il-4 signal transduction produced by acremonium kiliense grütz tc 1703. | | 2003 | 14632289 |
| microfungi in cultivated fields in eskişehir provience (turkey). | the soil microfungi flora was investigated in four locations of eskişehir (turkey). 56 soil samples were seasonaly collected from 14 stations in the areas of karacahöyük, bahçecik, ogu i, and ogu ii. a total of 110 species belonging to 32 genera were encountered including absidia, acremonium, alternaria, aspergillus, beauveria, botryoderma, chaetomium, chrysosporium, cladosporium, eupenicillium, eurotium, fusarium, geotrichum, gliocladium, gonytrichum, metarrhizium, mucor, myrothecium, paecilomy ... | 2005 | 16028200 |
| fungal pathogen of cladophora glomerata (chlorophyta). | a strain of acremonium kiliense (fungi imperfecti) produced a water-soluble, dialyzable, heat-stable agent that rendered cladophora glomerata (chlorophyta) chlorotic and inhibited its growth. | 1980 | 16345663 |
| acremonium kiliense infection in a child with chronic granulomatous disease. | infection by unusual microorganisms can be one of the clinical manifestations of primary immunodeficiency (pid). we report on a four-month-old child with pneumonia caused by the fungus acremonium kiliense as the first clinical manifestation of chronic granulomatous disease. we emphasize the importance of an active search for unusual organisms in immunodeficient patients, and a precise diagnosis and early institution of specific treatment against such microorganisms for the reduction of the morbi ... | 2006 | 16410951 |
| variability of non-mutualistic filamentous fungi associated with atta sexdens rubropilosa nests. | a survey of the filamentous fungi other than the symbiotic one found in association with atta sexdens rubropilosa colonies was carried out. different fungal species (27 taxa) were isolated a few days after treating the workers with toxic baits (sulfluramid; mirex-s), from 40 laboratory and 20 field nests. syncephalastrum racemosum (54%) and escovopsis weberi (21%), trichoderma harzianum (38%) and fusarium oxysporum (23%) were the prevalent species in laboratory and field nests, respectively. acr ... | 2005 | 16475502 |
| [clinical and microbiological study of mycetomas at the muñiz hospital of buenos aires between 1989 and 2004]. | this work presents clinical, microbiological and outcome data collected from 76 patients with mycetomas at the muñiz hospital from 1989 to 2004. forty-nine patients were male and 27 female; the mean age was 43.4 years. the majority of the patients acquired the infection in argentina: the most affected provinces were santiago del estero with 31 cases, and chaco with 11; 8 cases came from other countries (bolivia 6 and paraguay 2). the mean evolution of the disease was 9.2 years. the most frequent ... | 2006 | 16784127 |
| [the enzymatic activity of fungi strains isolated from the skin and skin appendages of humans returning from the tropics]. | the aim of the work was to assess the enzymatic activity of 11 fungi strains isolated from the skin of 10 lódź residents who had visited the tropics over 1998-1999. the strains were cultured by jeske and lupa of the voivodeship outpatient clinic of infectious, parasitic and tropical diseases and fungal infections in lódź. they were as follows: trichophyton rubrum and acremonium kiliense from zambia, myriodontium keratinophilum, beauveria bassiana, cladosporium herbarum, candida famata and tricho ... | 2001 | 16886418 |
| susceptibility of the ant-cultivated fungus leucoagaricus gongylophorus (agaricales: basidiomycota) towards microfungi. | the aim of this study was to select virulent strains of microfungi against leucoagaricus gongylophorus, a symbiotic fungus cultivated by leaf-cutting ants. the results from in vitro assays showed that microfungal strains had a variable and significant impact on the colony development of l. gongylophorus. specifically, trichoderma harzianum, escovopsis weberi cbs 810.71 and e. weberi a088 were more effective, inhibiting the l. gongylophorus colonies by 75, 68 and 67%, respectively (p < 0.05) afte ... | 2006 | 16897590 |
| endophytic fungi occurring in fennel, lettuce, chicory, and celery--commercial crops in southern italy. | the occurrence of endophytic fungi in fennel, lettuce, chicory, and celery crops was investigated in southern italy. a total of 186 symptomless plants was randomly collected and sampled at the stage of commercial ripeness. fungal species of acremonium, alternaria, fusarium, and plectosporium were detected in all four crops; plectosporium tabacinum was the most common in all crop species and surveyed sites. the effect of eight endophytic isolates (five belonging to plectosporium tabacinum and thr ... | 2008 | 18222676 |
| filamentous fungi associated with mosquito larvae (diptera: culicidae) in municipalities of the brazilian amazon. | several species of the family culicidae are important vectors of diseases in humans and other animals. immature stages are filter-feeders of organic particulate matter and microorganisms. studies on microbial diversity can contribute to the discovery of new substances that can be used in the pharmaceutical industry for food or for biological control. the aim of this study was to isolate and identify the fungi associated with culicidae larvae found in different habitats (natural and artificial), ... | 2009 | 19618051 |
| spectrum of clinically relevant acremonium species in the united states. | some species in the polyphyletic fungal genus acremonium are important opportunist pathogens. determining the actual spectrum of species and their incidence in the clinical setting, however, has long been hampered because of the difficulties encountered in phenotypic species-level identification. the goal of this study was to re-identify a large number of clinical isolates morphologically and to confirm the identifications by comparing sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region of the r ... | 2010 | 21068274 |
| acremonium kiliense: reappraisal of its clinical significance. | a case of acremonium kiliense peritonitis is described. diagnosis was established by repeated isolation of the fungus from peritoneal dialysate and by its identification on the basis of morphological characteristics and sequencing of internal transcribed spacer (its) regions of ribosomal dna (rdna). this report and available literature suggest that a. kiliense may have a greater clinical significance than hitherto recognized. | 2011 | 21450966 |
| catheter-related acremonium kiliense fungemia in a patient with ulcerative colitis under treatment with infliximab. | acremonium spp. are filamentous, cosmopolitan fungi commonly isolated from plant debris and soil. they are infrequent pathogens in humans. acremonium fungemia has been reported in neutropenic patients associated with central venous catheters and in nonneutropenic patients receiving long-term total parenteral nutrition. tnf-α blockade is associated with fungal infections, but no acremonium spp. infection had been reported up to the present. in this paper, we present a patient with ulcerative coli ... | 2011 | 22567476 |
| fungal infections after boston type 1 keratoprosthesis implantation: literature review and in vitro antifungal activity of hypochlorous acid. | to review the current literature describing cases of fungal keratitis and endophthalmitis after boston keratoprosthesis (kpro) implantation and to characterize the antifungal activity of 0.01% hypochlorous acid against medically relevant fungi. | 2015 | 26488624 |
| diversity and distribution of cultured endolichenic fungi in the ny-ålesund region, svalbard (high arctic). | endolichenic fungi within 17 lichen species in the area near ny-ålesund (svalbard, high arctic) were studied by a culture-based method. the 247 fungal isolates were obtained from 2712 lichen thallus segments. the colonization rate of endolichenic fungi ranged from 1.6 to 26.5 %, respectively. these isolates were identified to 40 fungal taxa, including 35 ascomycota (10 orders), 4 basidiomycota (3 orders), and 1 unidentified fungus. thelebolales was the most abundant order, while sordariales were ... | 2016 | 27240672 |
| fungal/bacterial interactions during the biodegradation of tex hydrocarbons (toluene, ethylbenzene and p-xylene) in gas biofilters operated under xerophilic conditions. | the treatment of air contaminated with toluene, ethylbenzene, and p-xylene was assayed in three laboratory-scale biofilters, each consisting of two modules connected in series, packed with a pelletized organic fertilizer and inoculated with a toluene-degrading liquid enrichment culture. biofilters were operated in parallel for 185 days in which the volumetric organic loading rate was progressively increased. the operation regime was subjected to drying out, so that packing humidity generally rem ... | 2012 | 22380456 |
| invasive fungal infection in patients with hematologic disorders in a brazilian tertiary care hospital. | invasive fungal infections (ifis) are an important complication in immunocompromised individuals, particularly neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies. in this study, we aimed to verify the epidemiology and diagnosis of ifis in patients with hematologic problems at a tertiary hospital in goiânia-go, brazil. | 2017 | 28327806 |
| whole-genome sequencing to determine origin of multinational outbreak of sarocladium kiliense bloodstream infections. | we used whole-genome sequence typing (wgst) to investigate an outbreak of sarocladium kiliense bloodstream infections (bsi) associated with receipt of contaminated antinausea medication among oncology patients in colombia and chile during 2013-2014. twenty-five outbreak isolates (18 from patients and 7 from medication vials) and 11 control isolates unrelated to this outbreak were subjected to wgst to elucidate a source of infection. all outbreak isolates were nearly indistinguishable (<5 single- ... | 2016 | 26891230 |
| isolation and cultivation of xylanolytic and cellulolytic sarocladium kiliense and trichoderma virens from the gut of the termite reticulitermes santonensis. | the purpose of this work was the isolation and cultivation of cellulolytic and xylanolytic microorganisms extracted from the gut of the lower termite reticulitermes santonensis. microcrystalline cellulose (with and without lignin) and beech wood xylan were used as diets instead of poplar wood in order to select cellulose and hemicellulose-degrading fungi. the strain sarocladium kiliense (acremonium kiliense) ctgxxyl was isolated from the termites fed on xylan, while the strain trichoderma virens ... | 2015 | 25300185 |
| resolution of acremonium kiliense subcutaneous abscess in a renal allograft recipient without antifungal therapy. | | 2014 | 24981082 |
| combination therapy in the treatment of experimental invasive fungal infection by sarocladium (acremonium) kiliense. | since human infections by sarocladium (acremonium) kiliense are usually refractory to antifungal therapy, combinations of drugs are an option that needs exploring. the antifungal activities of anidulafungin plus posaconazole or voriconazole and of amphotericin b plus voriconazole were evaluated and their efficacy was tested in a murine model of disseminated infection by three s. kiliense strains. the results showed that although efficacy was strain-dependent, these combinations work better, in g ... | 2014 | 24837411 |
| experimental murine acremoniosis: an emerging opportunistic human infection. | acremonium is an emerging fungal pathogen causing severe infections. we evaluated the virulence of three clinically relevant species within the genus, i.e., acremonium kiliense (currently sarocladium kiliense), acremonium sclerotigenum-a. egyptiacum complex and acremonium implicatum in a murine model of disseminated infection. both immunocompetent and immunosuppresssed mice were infected with two inocula concentrations (2 × 10(6) and 2 × 10(8) conidia/animal) of two strains of each species. tiss ... | 2014 | 24577339 |
| in vitro evaluation of antifungal drug combinations against sarocladium (acremonium) kiliense, an opportunistic emergent fungus resistant to antifungal therapies. | | 2014 | 24247142 |
| evaluation of the efficacies of amphotericin b, posaconazole, voriconazole, and anidulafungin in a murine disseminated infection by the emerging opportunistic fungus sarocladium (acremonium) kiliense. | we evaluated and compared the efficacies of different antifungal drugs against sarocladium kiliense (formerly acremonium kiliense), a clinically relevant opportunistic fungus, in a murine model of systemic infection. three clinical strains of this fungus were tested, and the therapy administered was as follows: posaconazole at 20 mg/kg of body weight (twice daily), voriconazole at 40 mg/kg, anidulafungin at 10 mg/kg, or amphotericin b at 0.8 mg/kg. the efficacy was evaluated by prolonged animal ... | 2013 | 24100490 |
| acremonium kiliense: case report and review of published studies. | changes in the spectrum of clinically important fungal infection have been observed in recent years. acremonium species has been responsible for eumycotic mycetomas but has also been increasingly implicated in systemic fungal diseases. a case of acremonium kiliense fungemia with proven involvement of the lungs in an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell patient is reported. a high-resolution computed tomography scan of the lungs showed nodules in both lungs. multiple cultures of blood demonstrated ... | 2013 | 24002104 |
| lasiodiplodin analogues from the endophytic fungus sarocladium kiliense. | a new 12-membered ring lactone, (3s),(6r)-6-hydroxylasiodiplodin (1), with two known analogues, (3r)-lasiodiplodin (2), and (3r),(5s)-5-hydroxylasiodiplodin (3) were isolated from the etoh extracts of normal apriona germari (hope)-associated fungus sarocladium kiliense grown in rice medium. the structures of compounds 1-3 were elucidated by a combination of spectroscopic data interpretation, single-crystal x-ray diffraction analysis, and modified mosher's method. | 2013 | 23449205 |
| an unusual cluster of acremonium kiliense fungaemias in a haematopoietic cell transplantation unit. | the genus acremonium (formerly known as cephalosporium) is a large polyphyletic fungal genus that comprises approximately 150 phylogenetically distant species, commonly isolated from the environment. clinical cases concern mostly superficial infections after traumatic inoculation, but there are reports of opportunistic invasive infections in immunocompromised patients. acremonium kiliense has been described as a cause of mycetoma, keratitis, endophthalmitis, endocarditis, and continuous ambulato ... | 2013 | 23290506 |
| screening of wheat endophytes as biological control agents against fusarium head blight using two different in vitro tests. | in order to find biological control agents (bcas) for the management of fusarium head blight (fhb), a major disease on wheat crops worldwide, 86 microorganisms isolated from inner tissues of wheat plants were discriminated for their ability to inhibit the growth of fusarium graminearum and fusarium culmorum by in vitro dual culture assays. a group of 22 strains appeared very effective to inhibit f. graminearum (inhibition of 30-51%) and they were also globally effective in controlling f. culmoru ... | 2017 | 28647118 |