| volatile metabolites from microorganisms grown on humid building materials and synthetic media. | growth of different microorganisms is often related to dampness in buildings. both fungi and bacteria produce complicated mixtures of volatile organic compounds that include hydrocarbons, alcohols, ketones, sulfur- and nitrogen-containing compounds etc. microbially produced substances are one possible explanation of odour problems and negative health effects in buildings affected by microbial growth. a mixture of five fungi, aspergillus versicolor, fusarium culmorum, penicillium chrysogenum, ulo ... | 2002 | 12400912 |
| onychomycosis due to ulocladium botrytis. | a case of disto-lateral onychomycosis of the third toe of the right foot of a 45-year-old man is reported. the agent of infection was ulocladium botrytis, a mycete not hitherto reported to infect humans. the patient underwent mycological examination consisting of direct microscope observation and culture of pathological material. diagnosis was based on the macro- and microscopic characteristics of the colonies. fragments of the latter were also examined by scanning electron microscope. clinical ... | 2004 | 15310343 |
| the major allergen of alternaria alternata (alt a 1) is expressed in other members of the pleosporaceae family. | there is general consensus regarding the scarce cross-reactivity existing between alternaria alternata and other allergenic moulds such as aspergillus fumigatus, penicillium notatum or cladosporium herbarum. however, a. alternata has been shown to have a very significant level of allergenic cross-reactivity with other fungi belonging to the pleosporaceae family. to date, no biological identity or homologies with other proteins have been described for alt a 1, and it remains unclear whether the m ... | 2006 | 16466440 |
| fungal control of pathogenic fungi isolated from wild plants in taif governorate, saudia arabia. | twenty two plants were collected from taif governorate and identified as: euphorbia glomerifera, juniperus procera, launaea mucronata, capparis dcidua, punica granatum, opuntia ficus, prunus persica, eucalyptus globulus, medicago sativa, artemisia monosperma, trichodesma calathiforme, artemisia judaica, foeniculum vulgare, phagnalon sinaicum, rumex dentatus, asphodelus aestives, pulicaria crispa, launae sonchoides, forsskaolea tenacissima, arnebia hispidissima, avena spp and aerva lanata. pathog ... | 2007 | 18928069 |
| effects on perceived air quality and symptoms of exposure to microbially produced metabolites and compounds emitted from damp building materials. | this work investigated perceived air quality and health effects from exposure to low to high levels of volatile organic compounds (vocs) emitted from damp building materials and a mixture of molds growing on the materials. a mixture of wallemia sebi, fusarium culmorum, penicillium chrysogenum, ulocladium botrytis, and aspergillus versicolor was inoculated on pine wood and particle board. in study 1, each of 27 participants took part in two exposure conditions, one with air from molds growing on ... | 2009 | 19077173 |
| hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to molds in a saxophone player. | this 48-year-old patient was evaluated for an interstitial pneumonia. an open-lung biopsy showed a pattern of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. the ct scan appearance, showing mosaic ground-glass opacities in the ventilated parts of the lung, the centrolobular predominance of inflammation on the lung sections, and the presence of a lymphocytic alveolitis at bal suggested a hypersensitivity pneumonitis. the patient was a white-collar worker and had no contact with pets, birds, drugs, or molds a ... | 2010 | 20822994 |
| identification of allergens homologous to alt a 1 from stemphylium botryosum and ulocladium botrytis. | several studies have demonstrated that proteins homologous to the alt a 1 major allergen of alternaria alternata are expressed in other members of the pleosporaceae family. however, since no direct biochemical data have been reported concerning the presence of alt a 1 allergen homologues capable of binding ige in the excretion-secretion products of stemphylium and ulocladium, our objective was to explore their presence in stemphylium botryosum and ulocladium botrytis. s. botryosum and u. botryti ... | 2011 | 21504377 |
| characterization of new alternaria alternata-specific rat monoclonal antibodies. | in this study, three different rat hybridoma cell lines secreting monoclonal antibodies (mabs) recognizing the spores from alternaria alternata, a plant pathogenic fungus, contaminant of food products and important cause of both allergic rhinitis and asthma, have been characterized. these three mabs are all of igm isotype. two antibodies, a1 and f10, were cross-reactive antibodies recognizing spores from alternaria, cladosporium, penicillium, aspergillus and stachybotrys genera, but not the yeas ... | 2011 | 21892786 |