{"title":"Diagnosis of Malassezia dermatitis and otitis in dogs and cats, is it just a matter of counting?","authors":"Francisco Javier Cabañes","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.03.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37972590","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}
{"title":"IX Fórum Micológico - Asociación Española de Micología (AEM)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 34-37"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129375921","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}
{"title":"SARS-CoV-2 and Aspergillus section Fumigati coinfection in an immunocompetent patient treated with corticosteroids","authors":"Natalia Sasoni , Milton Rodriguez Müller , Graciela Posse , Jorge González , Florencia Leonardelli , Guillermo Garcia-Effron","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Patients with severe viral pneumonia are likely to receive high-dose immunomodulatory drugs to prevent clinical worsening. <em>Aspergillus</em> species have been described as frequent secondary pneumonia agents in severely ill influenza patients receiving steroids. COVID-19 patients admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are receiving steroids as part of their treatment and they share clinical characteristics with other patients with severe viral pneumonias. COVID-19 patients receiving steroids should be considered a putative risk group of invasive aspergillosis.</p></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><p>We are reporting a SARS-CoV-2/<em>Aspergillus</em> section <em>Fumigati</em> coinfection in an elderly intubated patient with a history of pulmonary embolism treated with corticosteroids. The diagnosis was made following the <em>ad hoc</em> definitions described for patients admitted to ICU with severe influenza, including clinical criteria (fever for 3 days refractory to the appropriate antibiotic therapy, dyspnea, pleural friction rub, worsening of respiratory status despite antibiotic therapy and need of ventilator support), a radiological criterion (pulmonary infiltrate) and a mycological criterion (several positive galactomannan tests on serum with ratio ≥0.5). In addition, <em>Aspergillus</em> section <em>Fumigati</em> DNA was found in serum and blood samples. These tests were positive 4 weeks after the patient was admitted to the ICU. The patient received voriconazole and after two month in ICU his respiratory status improved; he was discharged after 6 weeks of antifungal treatment.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Severely ill COVID-19 patients would be considered a new aspergillosis risk group. Galactomannan and <em>Aspergillus</em> DNA detection would be useful methods for <em>Aspergillus</em> infection diagnosis as they allow avoiding the biosafety issues related to these patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 16-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.11.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38863587","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}
{"title":"IX Fórum Micológico-Asociación Española de Micología (AEM)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 28-33"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92031525","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}
{"title":"Micología y salud: una mirada desde el futuro","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Page 27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2021.01.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92076582","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}
{"title":"Aspergillosis in cats and dogs: Not everything green is Aspergillus fumigatus","authors":"F. Javier Cabañes","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"37 3","pages":"Pages 79-80"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37909115","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}
{"title":"Disseminated sporotrichosis with immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV patient: Case report and review of the literature","authors":"Vanice Rodrigues Poester , Lívia Silveira Munhoz , Rossana Patricia Basso , Beatriz Mendes Roca , Mariana Umpiérrez Vieira , Aryse Martins Melo , Gabriel Baracy Klafke , Karine Ortiz Sanchotene , Jussara Maria Silveira , David Stevens , Vanessa Brito de Souza Rabello , Rosely Maria Zancope-Oliveira , Melissa Orzechowski Xavier","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Sporotrichosis has been occurring as outbreaks in Brazil, reaching epidemic levels in some regions. Zoonotic transmission is the main route to acquire <em>Sporothrix</em>.</p></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><p>We describe a case of disseminated sporotrichosis caused by <em>Sporothrix brasiliensis</em> in an HIV/AIDS patient, with the presentation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This case reinforces that sporotrichosis should always be suspected in patients with IRIS from endemic regions, even in patients without the typical cutaneous lesions of this mycosis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"37 3","pages":"Pages 97-99"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38679096","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}
Belén Rivaya , Gema Fernández-Rivas , Francisco Javier Cabañes , Isabel Bielsa , Gemma Castellá , Jun Hao Wang , Lurdes Matas
{"title":"Trichophyton erinacei: an emergent pathogen of pediatric dermatophytosis","authors":"Belén Rivaya , Gema Fernández-Rivas , Francisco Javier Cabañes , Isabel Bielsa , Gemma Castellá , Jun Hao Wang , Lurdes Matas","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Dermatophytoses in children are common pathologies worldwide caused mainly by <span><span>Trichophyton rubrum</span></span>. However, due to the globalization and the atypical pets that people nowadays own, some zoonotic species are also involved in these lesions.</p></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><p>We present two cases of <em>tinea faciei</em> caused by the zoonotic mould <em>Trichophyton erinacei</em> in two children that owned a guinea pig and a hedgehog, respectively<em>.</em> Mycological diagnosis was performed inoculating skin scales on Sabouraud-glucose agar plates supplemented with chloramphenicol, with and without gentamicin, and on Sabouraud-glucose agar tubes, with and without cycloheximide. Microscopical examination in both cases and ITS region sequencing to confirm the identification (performed in one of them) were compatible with <em>T. erinacei.</em> Multiple treatments like corticosteroids and antibiotics were prescribed prior to the accurate diagnosis. Finally, both patients received topical and oral terbinafine, respectively, the lesions being resolved entirely.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Zoonotic fungi must be considered in the diagnosis of skin lesions. An accurate medical record, with a guided anamnesis about possible risk factors and an ongoing and open dialogue between health professionals, are essential to improve both the management of these exotic and zoophilic dermatophytoses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"37 3","pages":"Pages 94-96"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.06.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38433689","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}
{"title":"Sporotrichosis in Brazil: Animals + humans = one health","authors":"F. Javier Cabañes","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"37 3","pages":"Pages 73-74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.01.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37666787","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}