Cryptococcosis [0.03%]
隐球菌病
Hisako Kushima,Hiroshi Ishii
Hisako Kushima
Approximately one million new cases of cryptococcosis develop each year worldwide, resulting in approximately 600,000 deaths. Most cases occurred in HIV patients from African countries south of the Sahara Desert. In light of this situation,...
First Identification of Domestic Clade I Candida auris in Japanese Otitis Externa Patients Without Travel History [0.03%]
首次发现日本本土耳念珠菌I类群感染无旅行史的外耳炎患者
Kazuya Tone,Yuko Nagano,Kazumi Sakamoto et al.
Kazuya Tone et al.
Background: Candida auris is an emerging fungus causing nosocomial infections and outbreaks, with many strains exhibiting multidrug resistance. This study analyzed the C. auris clinical isolates at The Jikei University Sc...
Case Reports
Medical mycology journal. 2025;66(1):21-25. DOI:10.3314/mmj.24-00019 2025
Genomic Analysis of Terbinafine Resistance in Microsporum canis Isolated from a Feline Dermatophytosis [0.03%]
来自猫皮肤真菌病的微孢子念珠菌对特比萘芬耐药性的基因组分析
Honoka Nojo,Akira Watanabe,Koichi Makimura et al.
Honoka Nojo et al.
Terbinafine (TBF)-resistant anthropophilic dermatophytes have recently been isolated from human patients around the world. Almost all TBF-resistant strains of dermatophytes have the amino acid substitution in the squalene epoxidase (SQLE) g...
Honoka Nojo,Junichiro Hiruma,Hiromitsu Noguchi et al.
Honoka Nojo et al.
An epidemiological study of terbinafine (TBF)-resistant dermatophytes was conducted in 2023 as a follow-up to our 2020 and 2022 surveys. Dermatophytes were isolated in 2023 from the same dermatology clinics in Tokyo, Saitama, Shizuoka, and ...
Species Diversity and Distribution of Non-fumigatus Aspergillus Species in Ogasawara Islands, Japan [0.03%]
日本小笠原群岛非烟曲霉属物种的种类多样性和分布情况研究
Ryuri Tachikawa,Ryo Hagiuda,Dai Hirose
Ryuri Tachikawa
Aspergillus sections Flavi, Nigri, and Terrei are known as common causative agents of aspergillosis, followed by section Fumigati. A previous study investigated the distribution of section Fumigati in Izu and Ogasawara Islands and found tha...
Overview of Fungi Classified as Risk Group 3 by the Japanese Society for Medical Mycology [0.03%]
日本医学真菌学会规定的三类风险群真菌概要
Masato Tashiro,Takahiro Takazono,Koichi Izumikawa
Masato Tashiro
Fungi are categorized into Risk or Hazard Groups, depending on their potential to harm humans, with groupings ranging from 1 (least risky) to 4 (most risky). Similarly, Biosafety or Containment Levels ranging from 1 to 4 denote the level of...
A Case of Tinea Barbae due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes Presenting as a Tumor [0.03%]
一例表现为肿瘤的许兰氏菌须廯临床报道
Hiroshi Tanabe
Hiroshi Tanabe
I report a case of tinea barbae presenting as a tumor in the philtrum of a man in his thirties with comorbid alcoholic liver disease. The patient also had tinea on the auricles, neck, and feet, with direct microscopy confirming the presence...
Case Reports
Medical mycology journal. 2024;65(4):93-98. DOI:10.3314/mmj.24-00018 2024
Optimization of Silver Staining in Artificial Cytology Samples of Filamentous Fungi [0.03%]
人工真菌丝细胞样本银染优化方法研究
Kazuki Amemiya,Sota Sadamoto,Ken Miyazawa et al.
Kazuki Amemiya et al.
The diagnosis of respiratory fungal infections is often aided by cytopathological evidence of fungi in sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Grocott's methenamine silver (GMS) stain, a special stain frequently used to detect fungi in cyto...
Yuki Hirao,Hiroshi Morioka,Shinya Ozaki et al.
Yuki Hirao et al.
Penicillium brasilianum is an environmental filamentous fungus with useful applications in biotechnology. However, human infections caused by P. brasilianum are rare and not well understood. We present the case of a woman in her sixties wit...
Case Reports
Medical mycology journal. 2024;65(4):111-115. DOI:10.3314/mmj.24-00015 2024
A Mother and Daughter with Tinea Corporis Caused by Microsporum canis Apparently Transmitted from a Domestic Cat [0.03%]
由 Domestic Cat 传播引起的微孢子菌所致母女体癣病症病例报告
Kinako Ikeda,Takasuke Ogawa,Yumi Ogawa et al.
Kinako Ikeda et al.
The patient was a girl (case 1) and her mother (case 2). The family had purchased a domestic cat five months previously. Three months later, both patients developed eruptions. Mycological examinations were positive in both cases, and the ca...
Case Reports
Medical mycology journal. 2024;65(4):107-110. DOI:10.3314/mmj.24-00012 2024