The rise in antifungal resistance and drug class limitations are causing higher morbidity and mortality rates all over the world. This issue highlights the urgent need for new and improved antifungal drugs with a novel target.
Aims
In order to evaluate whether juglone can be served as an alternative antifungal to cure drug-resistant Candida infections, we studied the in vitro susceptibility of juglone against fluconazole-susceptible and -resistance Candida isolates, alone and in combination.
Methods
Antifungal susceptibility testing was performed according to the CLSI (Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute) guidelines.
Results
Juglone exhibited the highest minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values, followed by fluconazole and nystatin. Voriconazole showed significantly better antifungal activity than juglone, fluconazole, and nystatin, with MIC50 and MIC90 of 0.031 and 0.5 μg/mL. There were significant differences in MICs of fluconazole (p < 0.001) and juglone (p < 0.0003) between Candidaalbicans and the rest of the species. Combination of juglone with fluconazole revealed insignificant effects against fluconazole-susceptible and -resistant Candida isolates. Juglone increased the antifungal activity of fluconazole; however, no synergism effects were observed for any combination, and only an insignificant effect was found against all tested Candida species.
Conclusions
Although obtaining new antifungal drugs is a critical point, a completely novel approach should be implemented.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2021.07.002
Rafaela Manzoni Bernardi , Sizuane Rieger Holler , Ellis Gabriela Correa de Almeida , Camila Anton , Felipe Dominguez Machado , Denise Rossato Silva
Background
Several studies to evaluate the accuracy of galactomannan (GM) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) as a diagnostic tool have been carried out; however, there are still controversies about the optimal cut-off point of BALF GM.
Aims
The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy and the optimal cut-off point on BALF GM from patients with suspected invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in a tertiary care hospital.
Methods
A cross-sectional study with 188 patients (≥18 years) that had undergone a bronchoscopy with BAL due to suspected IPA was carried out. IPA was diagnosed according to the EORTC/MSG guidelines.
Results
The optimal optical density cut-off point for BALF GM was 0.67, with sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 100%, 70%, 32.3%, and 100%, respectively.
Conclusions
BALF GM detection proved to be a useful supplementary technique in the early diagnosis of IPA in both neutropenic and non-neutropenic patients.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2022.05.001
Marco Vianello , Daniel F.F. de Jesus , Jorge M. Sampaio , Guilherme M. de Oliveira , Nilton Lincopan , Kelly Ishida
Background
Trichosporon asahii, an emerging fungal pathogen, has been frequently associated with invasive infections in critically ill patients.
Case report
A 74-year-old male patient diagnosed with COVID-19 was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). During hospitalization, the patient displayed episodes of bacteremia by Staphylococcus haemolyticus and a possible urinary tract infection by T. asahii. While the bacterial infection was successfully treated using broad-spectrum antibiotics, the fungal infection in the urinary tract was unsuccessfully treated with anidulafungin and persisted until the patient died.
Conclusions
With the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, invasive fungal infections have been increasingly reported, mainly after taking immunosuppressant drugs associated with long-term broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. Although Candida and Aspergillus are still the most prevalent invasive fungi, T. asahii and other agents have emerged in critically ill patients. Therefore, a proper surveillance and diagnosing any fungal infection are paramount, particularly in COVID-19 immunocompromised populations.
{"title":"Possible Trichosporon asahii urinary tract infection in a critically ill COVID-19 patient","authors":"Marco Vianello , Daniel F.F. de Jesus , Jorge M. Sampaio , Guilherme M. de Oliveira , Nilton Lincopan , Kelly Ishida","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2022.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2022.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p><em>Trichosporon asahii</em>, an emerging fungal pathogen, has been frequently associated with invasive infections in critically ill patients.</p></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><p>A 74-year-old male patient diagnosed with COVID-19 was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). During hospitalization, the patient displayed episodes of bacteremia by <em>Staphylococcus haemolyticus</em> and a possible urinary tract infection by <em>T. asahii</em>. While the bacterial infection was successfully treated using broad-spectrum antibiotics, the fungal infection in the urinary tract was unsuccessfully treated with anidulafungin and persisted until the patient died.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>With the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, invasive fungal infections have been increasingly reported, mainly after taking immunosuppressant drugs associated with long-term broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. Although <em>Candida</em> and <em>Aspergillus</em> are still the most prevalent invasive fungi, <em>T. asahii</em> and other agents have emerged in critically ill patients. Therefore, a proper surveillance and diagnosing any fungal infection are paramount, particularly in COVID-19 immunocompromised populations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"39 2","pages":"Pages 54-56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9189001/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40471897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2021.11.001
F. Javier Cabañes
{"title":"Epizootic lymphangitis: A neglected disease of working equids","authors":"F. Javier Cabañes","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"39 1","pages":"Pages 4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39769898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2022.03.001
{"title":"Ángela Restrepo Moreno: The wise woman par excellence!","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2022.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2022.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"39 1","pages":"Page 1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1130140622000146/pdfft?md5=459009a894a664af30b0647cf405382d&pid=1-s2.0-S1130140622000146-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133554411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2021.10.001
Omayra Chincha , Beatriz Bustamante
Background
Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) is an endemic disease in most of Latin America, especially among patients with HIV. There are few reports about this disease in Peru.
Aims
To describe the clinical, epidemiological and mycological features of patients with PDH and HIV evaluated in a tertiary hospital.
Methods
A retrospective study to find out the data of patients diagnosed with PDH and HIV in the period 2000–2019 was carried out. For the statistical analysis of quantitative variables, measures of central tendency and dispersion were used; for the qualitative variables, absolute and relative frequencies were used.
Results
Forty-three male patients with PDH were diagnosed in the study period, with a median age of 33 years (IQR: 29–38 years) and a median CD4 lymphocytes count of 39 cells/mm3 (IQR: 20–83 cells/mm3). Eighty six percent of the patients were born or had travelled to the jungle, 58.1% were alcohol users and 16.1% had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis. When compared to histopathology, the culture had a better sensitivity to achieve a diagnosis (p < 0.05).
Conclusions
Peruvian patients with PDH and HIV infection were mainly young male adults that were born or had travelled to the jungle, with a CD4 count below 100 cells/mm3. In patients with the described characteristics it would be advisable to check for PDH. Implementing rapid diagnostic tests is also necessary.
{"title":"Estado actual de la histoplasmosis diseminada progresiva en pacientes con infección por el VIH en un hospital de tercer nivel en Perú","authors":"Omayra Chincha , Beatriz Bustamante","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riam.2021.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) is an endemic disease in most of Latin America, especially among patients with HIV. There are few reports about this disease in Peru.</p></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><p>To describe the clinical, epidemiological and mycological features of patients with PDH and HIV evaluated in a tertiary hospital.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A retrospective study to find out the data of patients diagnosed with PDH and HIV in the period 2000–2019 was carried out. For the statistical analysis of quantitative variables, measures of central tendency and dispersion were used; for the qualitative variables, absolute and relative frequencies were used.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Forty-three male patients with PDH were diagnosed in the study period, with a median age of 33 years (IQR: 29–38 years) and a median CD<sub>4</sub> lymphocytes count of 39<!--> <!-->cells/mm<sup>3</sup> (IQR: 20–83 cells/mm<sup>3</sup>). Eighty six percent of the patients were born or had travelled to the jungle, 58.1% were alcohol users and 16.1% had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis. When compared to histopathology, the culture had a better sensitivity to achieve a diagnosis (<em>p</em> <!--><<!--> <!-->0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Peruvian patients with PDH and HIV infection were mainly young male adults that were born or had travelled to the jungle, with a CD<sub>4</sub> count below 100<!--> <!-->cells/mm<sup>3</sup>. In patients with the described characteristics it would be advisable to check for PDH. Implementing rapid diagnostic tests is also necessary.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"39 1","pages":"Pages 25-27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92219040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2021.09.001
F. Javier Cabañes
{"title":"Unusual form of histoplasmosis in dogs and cats","authors":"F. Javier Cabañes","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"39 1","pages":"Pages 2-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39686429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2021.07.001
Aime Frida Moran-Mejía , Rosa Angélica Guillén-Garcés , Gabriela Eleonora Moeller-Chávez , Jesús Hernández-Romano , María Inés Chávez-Béjar , Clarita Olvera-Carranza , Luis Gerardo Treviño-Quintanilla
Background
Single-cell oils obtained from oleaginous microorganisms by using lignocellulosic waste hydrolysates are an alternative for producing biodiesel.
Aims
To isolate a yeast strain able to produce lipids from centrifuged nejayote (CN), hydrolyzed nejayote solids (HNS) and hydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse (HSB).
Methods
In order to identify the yeasts recovered, 26S ribosomal DNA was sequenced. The metabolic profile was assessed by using API20C AUX strips. The nutritional characterization of CN, HNS and HSB was performed by quantifying reducing sugars, total carbohydrates, starch, protein and total nitrogen. The biomass and lipid production ability were evaluated by performing growth kinetics of Clavispora lusitaniae Hi2 in combined culture media.
Results
Six oleaginous yeast strains were isolated and identified, selecting C. lusitaniae Hi2 to study its lipids production by using nejayote. The C. lusitaniae Hi2 strain can use glucose, xylose, arabinose, galactose and cellobiose as carbon sources. Cultures of C. lusitaniae Hi2 presented the best biomass (5.6±0.28 g/L) and lipid production (0.99±0.09 g/L) at 20 h of incubation with the CN:HNS media in the 25:75 and 50:50 ratios, respectively.
Conclusions
The use of CN, HNS and HSB for the growth of C. lusitaniae Hi2 is an option to take advantage of these agro-industrial residues and generate compounds of biotechnological interest.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2022.01.001
Tiago Luiz Lagedo Ferraz , Eduardo Marques Araújo , Rodolfo Froes Calixto , Monique Lima Martins Sampaio , Luciana Rezende Bandeira de Mello , Kaliny Benicio Torres , Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro , Patrice Le Pape , Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto
Background
The prevalence of pulmonary aspergillosis and the importance of its early diagnosis are recognized. However, non-pulmonary involvement, including the sinuses region, is not frequently reported, and an infection in this area can affect all paranasal sinuses (pansinusopathy), being a rare pathology that affects immunocompromised hosts. Recent studies have highlighted the occurrence of Aspergillus flavus resistant to antifungal therapy. Therefore, a nasal sinus infection by resistant Aspergillus strains in immunocompromised patients may be linked to a high risk of lethality.
Case report
We are reporting a resistant A. flavus infection in an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient with episodes of febrile neutropenia, and prolonged use of various antibacterial drugs and antifungal prophylaxis. The patient underwent brain magnetic resonance, which showed the presence of pansinusopathy, and presented necrosis in the left nasal region. Direct microscopic examination of a sample taken from the nasal mucosa revealed the presence of septate hyphae and conidiophores resembling those of A. flavus, that species being the identification achieved with MALDI-TOF MS. Antifungigram was performed by microdilution in broth (EUCAST-E.DEF. 9.3.2) and E-test, and resistance to amphotericin B was shown in both tests. The patient died after septic shock and hemorrhage.
Conclusions
Invasive fungal infections due to amphotericin-B resistant A. flavus may lead to the death of the patient due to an ineffective therapeutic management. Therefore, antifungal susceptibility testing are of utmost importance for administering the proper treatment.
{"title":"Lethal destructive sinusopathy due to amphotericin B-resistant Aspergillus flavus: A case report","authors":"Tiago Luiz Lagedo Ferraz , Eduardo Marques Araújo , Rodolfo Froes Calixto , Monique Lima Martins Sampaio , Luciana Rezende Bandeira de Mello , Kaliny Benicio Torres , Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro , Patrice Le Pape , Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2022.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2022.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The prevalence of pulmonary aspergillosis and the importance of its early diagnosis are recognized. However, non-pulmonary involvement, including the sinuses region, is not frequently reported, and an infection in this area can affect all paranasal sinuses (pansinusopathy), being a rare pathology that affects immunocompromised hosts. Recent studies have highlighted the occurrence of <span><em>Aspergillus</em><em> flavus</em></span> resistant to antifungal therapy. Therefore, a nasal sinus infection by resistant <em>Aspergillus</em> strains in immunocompromised patients may be linked to a high risk of lethality.</p></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><p>We are reporting a resistant <em>A. flavus</em> infection in an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient with episodes of febrile neutropenia, and prolonged use of various antibacterial drugs and antifungal prophylaxis. The patient underwent brain magnetic resonance, which showed the presence of pansinusopathy, and presented necrosis in the left nasal region. Direct microscopic examination of a sample taken from the nasal mucosa revealed the presence of septate hyphae and conidiophores resembling those of <em>A. flavus</em><span>, that species being the identification achieved with MALDI-TOF MS. Antifungigram was performed by microdilution in broth (EUCAST-E.DEF. 9.3.2) and E-test, and resistance to amphotericin B was shown in both tests. The patient died after septic shock and hemorrhage.</span></p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Invasive fungal infections due to amphotericin-B resistant <em>A. flavus</em> may lead to the death of the patient due to an ineffective therapeutic management. Therefore, antifungal susceptibility testing are of utmost importance for administering the proper treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"39 1","pages":"Pages 21-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42474513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}