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A chitin-binding protein purified from Moringa oleifera seeds presents anticand...
S. Neto, João X.; Pereira, Mirella L.; Oliveira, Jose T. A.; Bezerra, Lady C. B. Rocha; Lopes, Tiago D. P.; Costa, Helen P. S.; Sousa, Daniele O. B.Candida species are opportunistic pathogens that infect immunocompromised and/or immunosuppressed patients, particularly in hospital facilities, that besides representing a significant threat to health increase the risk of mortality. Apart from echinocandins and triazoles, which are well tolerated, most of the antifungal drugs used for candidiasis treatment can cause side effects and lead to the development of ...
An alternative method for the analysis of melanin production in Cryptococcus ne...
Brilhante, Raimunda S. N.; España, Jaime D. A.; Alencar, Lucas Pereira de; Pereira, Vandbergue S.; Castelo-Branco, Débora de S. C. M.Melanin is an important virulence factor for several microorganisms, including Cryptococcus neoformans sensu lato and Cryptococcus gattii sensu lato, thus, the assessment of melanin production and its quantification may contribute to the understanding of microbial pathogenesis. The objective of this study was to standardise an alternative method for the production and indirect quantification of melanin in C. ne...
Yeast microbiota of raptors : a possible tool for environmental monitoring
Brilhante, Raimunda S. N.; Castelo Branco, Débora S. C. M.; Duarte, Guilherme P. S.; Paiva, Manoel de Araújo Neto; Monteiro, André J.Twenty-two raptors from a rehabilitation centre were evaluated for the presence of yeasts prior to returning them to the wild, and the recovered Candida isolates were tested for in vitro antifungal susceptibility and phospholipase production. Samples were collected from the crop/lower esophagus and cloaca. In vitro antifungal susceptibility and phospholipase production of 21 Candida strains were assessed throug...
Clinical-epidemiological features of 13 cases of melioidosis in Brazil
Brilhante, Raimunda S. N.; Bandeira, Tereza J. P. G.; Cordeiro, Rossana A.; Grangeiro, Thalles Barbosa; Lima, Rita A. C.; Ribeiro, Joyce F.he aim of this work was to catalog the clinical and ecoepidemiological characteristics of melioidosis in Brazil. The clinical-epi- demiological features of melioidosis in Ceará are similar to those in other regions where the disease is endemic. These findings support the inclusion of this Brazilian state as part of the zone of endemicity for melioidosis