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Identification of the infectious source of an unusual outbreak of histoplasmosis, in a hotel in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico 在墨西哥格雷罗州阿卡普尔科的一家酒店内，组织胞浆菌病异常暴发的传染源鉴定

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.017

Maria Lucia Taylor , Guillermo M. Ruíz-Palacios , María del Rocío Reyes-Montes , Gabriela Rodríguez-Arellanes , Laura E. Carreto-Binaghi , Esperanza Duarte-Escalante , Aurora Hernández-Ramírez , Armando Pérez , Roberto O. Suárez-Alvarez , Yuri A. Roldán-Aragón , Rafael Romero-Martínez , Jorge H. Sahaza-Cardona , José Sifuentes-Osornio , Luis E. Soto-Ramírez , Gabriela R. Peña-Sandoval

{"title":"Identification of the infectious source of an unusual outbreak of histoplasmosis, in a hotel in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico","authors":"Maria Lucia Taylor , Guillermo M. Ruíz-Palacios , María del Rocío Reyes-Montes , Gabriela Rodríguez-Arellanes , Laura E. Carreto-Binaghi , Esperanza Duarte-Escalante , Aurora Hernández-Ramírez , Armando Pérez , Roberto O. Suárez-Alvarez , Yuri A. Roldán-Aragón , Rafael Romero-Martínez , Jorge H. Sahaza-Cardona , José Sifuentes-Osornio , Luis E. Soto-Ramírez , Gabriela R. Peña-Sandoval","doi":"10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.017","url":null,"abstract":"<div>Three isolates of Histoplasma capsulatum were identified from mice lung, liver, and spleen inoculated with soil samples of the X hotel’s ornamental potted plants that had been fertilized with organic material known as compost. The presence of H. capsulatum in the original compost was detected using the dot-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Nested-PCR, using a specific protein Hcp100 coding gene sequence, confirmed the fungal identification associated with an unusual histoplasmosis outbreak in Acapulco. Although, diversity between the H. capsulatum isolate from the hotel and some clinical isolates from Guerrero (positive controls) was observed using random amplification of polymorphic DNA based-PCR, sequence analyses of H-anti and ole fragment genes revealed a high homology (92–99%) between them.</div>","PeriodicalId":12220,"journal":{"name":"FEMS immunology and medical microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25225740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 40

Analysis and expression of STE13ca gene encoding a putative X-prolyl dipeptidyl aminopeptidase from Candida albicans 白色念珠菌x -脯氨酸二肽基氨基肽酶编码基因STE13ca的分析与表达

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.020

Consuelo Bautista-Muñoz, César Hernández-Rodrı́guez, Lourdes Villa-Tanaca

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引用次数: 12

Cryptococcus neoformans: A sugar-coated killer with designer genes 新生隐球菌:一种带有设计基因的糖衣杀手

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.06.005

John R. Perfect

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引用次数: 102

Subject Index Volume 45 主题索引第45卷

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(05)00183-5

引用次数: 0

Functional genome of the human pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis 人类致病真菌巴西副球虫的功能基因组

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.013

Maria Sueli S. Felipe , Fernando A.G. Torres , Andrea Q. Maranhão , Ildinete Silva-Pereira , Marcio J. Poças-Fonseca , Elida G. Campos , Lídia M.P. Moraes , Fabrício B.M. Arraes , Maria José A. Carvalho , Rosângela V. Andrade , André M. Nicola , Marcus M. Teixeira , Rosália S.A. Jesuíno , Maristela Pereira , Célia M.A. Soares , Marcelo M. Brígido

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引用次数: 28

Towards a molecular diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis and disseminated candidosis 侵袭性曲霉病和弥散性念珠菌病的分子诊断

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.012

Stéphane Bretagne , Jean-Marc Costa

{"title":"Towards a molecular diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis and disseminated candidosis","authors":"Stéphane Bretagne , Jean-Marc Costa","doi":"10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div>A lot of in-house polymerase chain reaction assays have been reported for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis and disseminated candidosis. Encouraging results have been published to anticipate the diagnosis over the conventional microbiological methods. However, the absence of standardized methods has led to diverging results. As a consequence, these tests are not recognized as consensual diagnostic criteria, in contrast with some antigenemia detection kits. The major breakthrough for improving the results of these methods is the emergence of real-time technologies. This markedly improves the reliability of the PCR results by dramatically decreasing the risk of false positive results due to PCR products carryover. Moreover, using the quantitative results provided by this technique, this allows to rapidly compare the efficiency of primers, probes, and DNA extraction methods. Therefore, the hope is to identify the more specific and sensitive parameters to implement comparative studies. Automated DNA extraction should also be useful to achieve this goal.Whatever sophisticated technology is used, we still have to define the meaning of detecting nucleic acids in a given clinical sample. This seems simple in normally sterile anatomical sites but less obvious for example in respiratory specimens for invasive aspergillosis or in blood for candidosis in heavily colonized patients. Additional studies of the kinetics of fungal DNA are needed. The development of real-time technology should improve our knowledge in order to give the clinicians informative clues for making a decision.</div>","PeriodicalId":12220,"journal":{"name":"FEMS immunology and medical microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25220846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 76

Biosynthesis of glycoproteins in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans: Activation of dolichol phosphate mannose synthase by cAMP-mediated protein phosphorylation 白色念珠菌中糖蛋白的生物合成:camp介导的蛋白磷酸化激活磷酸甘露糖合成酶

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.016

Blanca L. Arroyo-Flores, Carlos Calvo-Méndez, Arturo Flores-Carreón, Everardo López-Romero

{"title":"Biosynthesis of glycoproteins in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans: Activation of dolichol phosphate mannose synthase by cAMP-mediated protein phosphorylation","authors":"Blanca L. Arroyo-Flores, Carlos Calvo-Méndez, Arturo Flores-Carreón, Everardo López-Romero","doi":"10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>Following incubation with ATP and a cAMP-dependent protein kinase under optimal conditions of lipid acceptor, phospholipid and metal ion requirements, the transfer activity of partially purified dolichol phosphate mannose synthase (DPMS) increased about 60% and this activation correlated with a 50% increase in Vmax with no alteration in the apparent Km for GDP-Manose. Phosphorylation with [γ-32P]ATP resulted in the labeling of several polypeptides, one of which exhibited the molecular weight of the enzyme (30 kDa) and was also recognized using a specific anti-DPMS monoclonal antibody. This and the fact that the phosphate label could be removed by an alkaline phosphatase indicate that Candida DPMS may be regulated by phosphorylation–dephosphorylation, a mechanism that has been proposed for the enzyme in other organisms.</div>","PeriodicalId":12220,"journal":{"name":"FEMS immunology and medical microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25222150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 11

Homology, disruption and phenotypic analysis of CaGS Candida albicans gene induced during macrophage infection 巨噬细胞感染诱导白色念珠菌基因cag的同源性、破坏及表型分析

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.06.007

Marina Luongo , Amalia Porta , Bruno Maresca

引用次数: 11

Geographical distribution of genetic polymorphism of the pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum isolated from infected bats, captured in a central zone of Mexico 从墨西哥中部地区捕获的受感染蝙蝠中分离出的病原体荚膜组织浆体遗传多态性的地理分布

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.019

Maria Lucia Taylor , Catalina B. Chávez-Tapia , Alberto Rojas-Martínez , Maria del Rocio Reyes-Montes , Mirian Bobadilla del Valle , Gerardo Zúñiga

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引用次数: 41

Author Index Volume 45 作者索引第45卷

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Pub Date : 2005-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(05)00182-3

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