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In general, fungi including yeast and filamentous form, locate in soil, water, plant, animal and human. Fungi can be survived almost in every environmental conditions and be useful or harmful...
BACKGROUND: Recent studies show that the time to positivity (TTP) of peripheral blood culture is a useful marker for some clinical characteristics such as the source of infection and the...
Jeong YG, Bae IG, Lim MH, Kim JH, Gang MK, Kim SJ, Heo ST
KMID: 2080368
Korean J Med Mycol.
2008 Dec;13(4):187-191.
Scedosporium(S.) apiospermum has been isolated from polluted water, soil, sewage and potted plants in a hospital with low virulence. The localized skin infection due to S. apiospermum is rare and...
We report a case of tinea corporis arising in previous burn area which shows tinea imbricata-like clinical appearance in a 69-year-old male. He showed round, 5.0x5.0 cm sized, fine scaly,...
Dermatophytes usually do not invade beyond the epidermis. However, mechanical breakage of the skin resulting from scratching or trauma and immunocompromised state, such as diabetes mellitus, lymphoma, and long term...
In 1985, the Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC), a former organization of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Biological Resource Center (KBRC), was officially approved by the...