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26S rDNA-based phylogenetic investigation of Japanese cattle-associated Prototheca zopfii isolates.

scientific article published on 13 November 2009

A case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala oligosperma successfully treated with local hyperthermia.

scientific article published in January 2013

A case of pulmonary aspergilloma molecular biological identification and typing of the isolates from antemortem sputa and autopsy fungus ball.

scientific article published in April 2003

A case of sinobronchial allergic mycosis; possibility of basidiomycetous fungi as a causative antigen

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

A critical role of Dectin-1 in hypersensitivity pneumonitis

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

A new genotype of Arthroderma benhamiae.

scientific article published in November 2008

A new marker sequence for systematics of medically important fungi based on amino acid sequence of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase I.

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A one-enzyme PCR-RFLP assay for identification of six medically important Candida species.

scientific article published in January 2006

A proposal of guidance for identification of Schizophyllum commune-associated sinobronchial allergic mycosis.

scientific article published on 25 April 2014

A simple PCR-RFLP method for identification and differentiation of 11 Malassezia species.

scientific article published on 23 December 2004

A suggested pathogenic role for Trichosporon montevideense in a case of Onychomycosis in a Japanese monkey

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

A unique isolate of Malassezia from a cat.

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of the dermatophyte, Trichophyton mentagrophytes: an efficient tool for gene transfer.

scientific article published in January 2009

Antifungal drug susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans from clinical sources in Nairobi, Kenya

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Antimycotics suppress the Malassezia extract-induced production of CXC chemokine ligand 10 in human keratinocytes

scientific article published on February 2014

Arthroderma benhamiae (the teleomorph of Trichophyton mentagrophytes) mating type-specific genes.

scientific article published on 7 December 2010

Atopic cough and fungal allergy

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Blood lysate staining, a new microscopic method for diagnosis of fungemia using peripheral blood

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Candida auris sp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast isolated from the external ear canal of an inpatient in a Japanese hospital

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Catheter-related infections by Hansenula anomala in children.

scientific article published on January 1995

Characterization of mechanisms of fluconazole resistance in a Candida albicans isolate from a Japanese patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.

scientific article published in January 2004

Characterization of the translation elongation factor 1-α gene in a wide range of pathogenic Aspergillus species.

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Chronic cough in a tsunami-affected town

scientific article published on 06 December 2011

Clinical evaluation of β-tubulin real-time PCR for rapid diagnosis of dermatophytosis, a comparison with mycological methods

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Clinical experience with low-dose itraconazole in chronic idiopathic cough.

scientific article published on 14 January 2013

Cluster analysis of Microsporum canis isolated from a patient with tinea corporis and an infected cat based on the DNA sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1

scientific article published on 25 May 2011

Cluster analysis of human and animal pathogenic Microsporum species and their teleomorphic states, Arthroderma species, based on the DNA sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Comparative evaluation of Trichosporon asahii susceptibility using ASTY colorimetric microdilution and CLSI M27-A2 broth microdilution reference methods

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Comparative study of direct polymerase chain reaction, microscopic examination and culture-based morphological methods for detection and identification of dermatophytes in nail and skin samples.

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Comprehensive analysis of the skin fungal microbiota of astronauts during a half-year stay at the International Space Station

scientific article published on 14 January 2016

Cross-reactivity in Cryptococcus antigen latex agglutination test in two commercial kits

scientific article published on 27 February 2016

Cryptococcus lacticolor sp. nov. and Rhodotorula oligophaga sp. nov., novel yeasts isolated from the nasal smear microbiota of Queensland koalas kept in Japanese zoological parks.

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Cryptococcus yokohamensis sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from trees and a Queensland koala kept in a Japanese zoological park.

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Cutaneous Pseudallescheria boydii/Scedosporium apiospermum Complex (Molecular type: Scedosporium apiospermum [Clade 4]) Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review of Cases from Japan.

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DNA Topoisomerase 2 Gene Polymorphism in Dermatophytes

scientific article published on 11 April 2020

DNA base alignment and taxonomic study of genus Malassezia based upon partial sequences of mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA gene.

scientific article published in January 2003

Dermatophytosis due to Microsporum incurvatum: Notification and Identification of a Neglected Pathogenic Species

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Detection and identification of Trichophyton tonsurans from clinical isolates and hairbrush samples by loop-mediated isothermal amplification system

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Detection and identification of genotypes of Prototheca zopfii in clinical samples by quantitative PCR analysis

scientific article published in January 2013

Detection and identification of probable endemic fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus gattii, and worldwide pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans, by real-time PCR

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Detection of Fungi from an Indoor Environment using Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Method.

scientific article published on January 2017

Detection of a wide range of medically important fungi by the polymerase chain reaction.

scientific article published on May 1994

Development a diagnostic pan-dermatophyte TaqMan probe real-time PCR assay based on beta tubulin gene

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for diagnosing Pneumocystis pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Development of a tightly regulatable copper-mediated gene switch system in dermatophytes.

scientific article published on 18 May 2012

Development of reference procedures for broth microdilution antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts with standardized endpoint determination

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Discrimination of Trichophyton tonsurans and Trichophyton equinum by PCR-RFLP and by β-tubulin and translation elongation factor 1-α sequencing

scientific article published on 28 February 2012

Diversity of Geophilic Dermatophytes Species in the Soils of Iran; The Significant Preponderance of Nannizzia fulva

scientific article published in 2021

Effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride on Reducing Candida albicans Adhesion on Dentine

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Effects of nebulized amphotericin B and budesonide inhalation for chronic cough-related laryngeal sensations.

scientific article published on 22 November 2014

Efficacy of itraconazole in the treatment of patients with chronic cough whose sputa yield basidiomycetous fungi-fungus-associated chronic cough (FACC).

scientific article published in May 2009

Endogenous Fusarium Endophthalmitis During Treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Successfully Treated with 25-Gauge Vitrectomy and Antifungal Medications

scientific article published on 16 December 2017

Enhanced gene replacements in Ku80 disruption mutants of the dermatophyte, Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

scientific article published on 9 July 2009

Enhancing melting curve analysis for the discrimination of loop-mediated isothermal amplification products from four pathogenic molds: Use of inorganic pyrophosphatase and its effect in reducing the variance in melting temperature values

scientific article published on 27 October 2016

Epidemiological Aspects of Dermatophytosis in Khuzestan, southwestern Iran, an Update

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Epidural abscess caused by Schizophyllum commune: A rare case of rhinogenic cranial complication by a filamentous basidiomycete

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Evaluation of a Novel FKS1 R1354H Mutation Associated with Caspofungin Resistance in Candida auris Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System

scientific article published in 2023

Exotic myiasis caused by 19 larvae of Cordylobia anthropophaga in Namibia and identified using molecular methods in Japan.

scientific article published in April 2008

Fatal Cyberlindnera fabianii fungemia in a patient with mixed phenotype acute leukemia after umbilical cord blood transplantation

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First case of fungal keratitis caused by Pestalotiopsis clavispora.

scientific article published on 27 November 2013

Fungal biota in manned space environment and impact on human health

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Fungal flora on board the Mir-Space Station, identification by morphological features and ribosomal DNA sequences

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Fungus-associated asthma: overcoming challenges in diagnosis and treatment.

scientific article published on 03 March 2014

Genetic and Phenotypic analyses of Calcineurin A subunit in Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii

scientific article published on 18 October 2015

Genetic and biological features of catheter-associated Malassezia furfur from hospitalized adults

scientific article published on 30 May 2011

Genetic transformation of the dermatophyte, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, based on the use of G418 resistance as a dominant selectable marker.

scientific article published on 4 December 2007

Genotyping of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated at a Japanese hospital over five years using targeted next-generation sequencing.

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Hansenula anomala fungemia in a patient undergoing IVH-treatment with ascending colon carcinoma

scientific article published on February 1996

How histopathology can contribute to an understanding of defense mechanisms against cryptococci

scientific article published on 22 August 2013

Human external ear canal as the specific reservoir of Malassezia slooffiae

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Hypothesis for future management of Schizophyllum allergy in asthma control

scientific article published on 2 April 2012

Identification of several clinical isolates of dermatophytes based on the nucleotide sequence of internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS 1) in nuclear ribosomal DNA.

scientific article published in May 1999

Immune response in human chromoblastomycosis and eumycetoma - focusing on human interleukin-17A, interferon-gamma, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta and human beta-defensin-2

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

Impact of Bjerkandera adusta colonization on chronic cough.

scientific article published in September 2014

Impact of Schizophyllum sensitization on decline of lung function in asthma

scientific article published on 18 June 2013

Implications of high antifungal susceptibility on Schizophyllum commune-associated allergy in clinical practice

scientific article published on November 2013

In Vitro Activity of Luliconazole, Lanoconazole, and Efinaconazole Compared with Five Antifungal Drugs Against Melanized Fungi and Relatives

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Novel Triazole Efinaconazole and Five Comparators against Dermatophyte Isolates.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

In vitro activity of new azoles luliconazole and lanoconazole compared with ten other antifungal drugs against clinical dermatophyte isolates.

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In vitro antifungal activities of luliconazole, a new topical imidazole.

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In vitro susceptibility of Prototheca zopfii genotypes 1 and 2.

scientific article published on 26 August 2010

Incidence of pulmonary aspergillosis and correlation of conventional diagnostic methods with nested PCR and real-time PCR assay using BAL fluid in intensive care unit patients.

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Insights into a nonhomologous integration pathway in the dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes: efficient targeted gene disruption by use of mutants lacking ligase IV.

scientific article published in January 2011

Is Histoplasma capsulatum a native inhabitant of Japan?

scientific article published in September 2008

Is bjerkandera allergy affected by the arrival of yellow sand dust?

scientific article published on 25 September 2013

Isolation, characterization, and disruption of dnr1, the areA/nit-2-like nitrogen regulatory gene of the zoophilic dermatophyte, Microsporum canis.

scientific article published in May 2006

It is time to call attention to the clinical significance of fungal colonization in chronic cough.

scientific article published on 25 August 2014

Localized cutaneous fusariosis after long-term topical application of corticosteroids in a healthy elderly woman

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Long-term surveillance and treatment of subclinical cryptococcosis and nasal colonization by Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii species complex in captive koalas (Phascolarctes cinereus)

scientific article published on 23 August 2011

Mechanisms of fluconazole resistance in Candida albicans isolates from Japanese AIDS patients.

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Microbe-I: fungal biota analyses of the Japanese experimental module KIBO of the International Space Station before launch and after being in orbit for about 460 days.

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Microbial epidemiology of candidemia in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units at Children's Medical Center, Tehran

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

Microbial monitoring of crewed habitats in space-current status and future perspectives

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Microsatellite polymorphism in Japanese mongrel dogs

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Molecular characterization of fungal populations on the tongue dorsum of institutionalized elderly adults.

scientific article published on 30 May 2012

Molecular detection of dermatophytes and nondermatophytes in onychomycosis by nested polymerase chain reaction based on 28S ribosomal RNA gene sequences

scientific article published on 22 April 2009

Molecular epidemiology of dermatophytosis in Tehran, Iran, a clinical and microbial survey.

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Molecular identification and distribution profile of Candida species isolated from Iranian patients.

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Morpho-Molecular Characterization of Soil Inhabitant Dermatophytes from Ahvaz, Southwest of Iran, a High Occurrence of Microsporum fulvum

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Mucormycosis in Iran: A six-year retrospective experience.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Multicenter evaluation of commercial frozen plates for microdilution broth antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts and comparison of MIC limits recommended in NCCLS M27-A2.

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Multilocus differentiation of the related dermatophytes Microsporum canis, Microsporum ferrugineum and Microsporum audouinii.

scientific article published on 8 September 2011

Mycological examination of the hair samples of 11 school-going Nepalese children suspected of tinea capitis.

scientific article published on January 2000

Nucleotide sequence analysis of beta tubulin gene in a wide range of dermatophytes

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Partial sequences of large subunit ribosomal DNA of a new yeast species, Trichosporon domesticum and related species.

scientific article published in January 1997

Phenotypic characterization of Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans grown under simulated microgravity using a three-dimensional clinostat.

scientific article published in July 2012

Phylogenetic analysis of dermatophyte species using DNA sequence polymorphism in calmodulin gene

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Polymerase chain reaction assay for specific identification of Candida guilliermondii (Pichia guilliermondii).

scientific article published on 18 August 2009

Possible roles of 2 basidiomycetous fungi in allergic fungal respiratory disease

scientific article published on 26 May 2012

Potent Activities of Novel Imidazoles Lanoconazole and Luliconazole against a Collection of Azole-Resistant and -Susceptible Aspergillus fumigatus Strains.

scientific article published on 29 August 2016

Potent Activity of Luliconazole, Lanoconazole and Eight Comparators against Molecularly Characterized Fusarium species.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Proliferation of intracellular structure corresponding to reduced affinity of fluconazole for cytochrome P-450 in two low-susceptibility strains of Candida albicans isolated from a Japanese AIDS patient.

scientific article published in January 2003

Protective effects of farnesol against oral candidiasis in mice.

scientific article published in July 2008

Prototheca cutis sp. nov., a newly discovered pathogen of protothecosis isolated from inflamed human skin

scientific article published on 7 August 2009

Prototheca zopfii genotypes isolated from cow barns and bovine mastitis in Japan

scientific article published on 03 June 2008

Quantitative analysis of the cutaneous Malassezia microbiota in 770 healthy Japanese by age and gender using a real-time PCR assay

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Rapid identification of Mycoplasma pulmonis isolated from laboratory mice and rats using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

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Rapid identification of Trichophyton tonsurans by specific PCR based on DNA sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) 1 region.

scientific article published on 20 February 2006

Re: Integrated research on the association between climate change and Bjerkandera allergy

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Reproducible genetic transformation system for two dermatophytes, Microsporum canis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

scientific article published in September 2005

Restriction analysis of β-tubulin gene for differentiation of the common pathogenic dermatophytes.

scientific article published on 6 January 2014

Role of fungal colonization for sensitization in asthma

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Scedosporium apiospermum infectious scleritis following posterior subtenon triamcinolone acetonide injection: a case report and literature review

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Schizophyllum commune-induced allergic fungal rhinosinusitis and sinobronchial mycosis.

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Seven years of progress in determining fungal diversity and characterization of fungi isolated from the Japanese Experiment Module KIBO, International Space Station

scientific article published in 2021

Species identification and strain typing of Malassezia species stock strains and clinical isolates based on the DNA sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 regions

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Specific detection of Bjerkandera adusta by polymerase chain reaction and its incidence in fungus-associated chronic cough

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Specific detection of Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton interdigitale based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) from onychomycosis specimens

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

Sporobolomyces koalae sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from nasal smears of Queensland koalas kept in a Japanese zoological park

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Temporal changes in the skin Malassezia microbiota of members of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE): A case study in Antarctica as a pseudo-space environment

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

The Second Candida auris Isolate from Aural Discharge in Japan.

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The definitive diagnostic process and successful treatment for ABPM caused by Schizophyllum commune: a report of two cases.

scientific article published on March 2012

The effect of dermatophytes on cytokine production by human keratinocytes

scientific article published on 21 August 2007

The first case of human protothecosis caused by Prototheca zopfii in Japan

scientific article published on 19 July 2014

The importance of basidiomycetous fungi cultured from the sputum of chronic idiopathic cough: a study to determine the existence of recognizable clinical patterns to distinguish CIC from non-CIC

scientific article published on 26 May 2009

The influence of Schizophyllum commune on asthma severity

scientific article published on 18 October 2011

The intergenic spacer region of the ribosomal RNA gene of Penicillium marneffei shows almost no DNA sequence diversity

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

The opportunistic yeast pathogen Trichosporon asahii colonizes the skin of healthy individuals: analysis of 380 healthy individuals by age and gender using a nested polymerase chain reaction assay.

scientific article published in July 2011

Translation elongation factor 1-α gene as a potential taxonomic and identification marker in dermatophytes.

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

Trichophyton tonsurans-induced kerion celsi with decreased defensin expression and paradoxically increased interleukin-17A production

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Trichosporon species isolated from guano samples obtained from bat-inhabited caves in Japan.

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Tween 40-based precipitate production observed on modified chromogenic agar and development of biological identification kit for Malassezia species.

scientific article published in May 2006

Two cases of Schizophyllum asthma: is this a new clinical entity or a precursor of ABPM?

scientific article published on 30 April 2011

Use of mycological, nested PCR, and real-time PCR methods on BAL fluids for detection of Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus in solid organ transplant recipients.

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

Utilization of matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for identification of infantile seborrheic dermatitis-causing Malassezia and incidence of culture-based cutaneous Malassezia microbiota of 1-month-old in

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[A study of otitis externa associated with Malassezia]

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

[In vitro Antifungal Activity of Luliconazole against Trichophyton spp].

scientific article published in January 2016

[In vitro activities of antifungal drugs against clinical isolates of Trichophyton tonsurans]

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

[Molecular methods as a diagnostic tool for fungal infections and their prospect]

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

[Pathogenic fungi, mycoses and current Japanese problems in human sources for mycological research in the medical field]

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

[The function and utilization of culture collections on pathogenic fungi]

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

β-D-Glucan Assay in Diagnosis and Monitoring the Systemic Candidiasis in a Rat Model.

scientific article published in June 2014

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