Biofilm Formation by the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Trichosporon asahii: Development, Architecture, and Antifungal Resistance

G Di Bonaventura, A Pompilio, C Picciani… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trichosporon asahii is the most common cause of fatal disseminated trichosporonosis,
frequently associated with indwelling medical devices. Despite the use of antifungal drugs to …

Multiple Species of Trichosporon Produce Biofilms Highly Resistant to Triazoles and Amphotericin B

IA Iturrieta-Gonzalez, ACB Padovan, FC Bizerra… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Invasive infections caused by Trichosporon spp. have increased considerably in recent
years, especially in neutropenic and critically ill patients using catheters and antibiotics. The …

Current knowledge of Trichosporon spp. and Trichosporonosis

AL Colombo, ACB Padovan… - Clinical microbiology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trichosporon spp. are basidiomycetous yeast-like fungi found widely in nature. Clinical
isolates are generally related to superficial infections. However, this fungus has been …

[HTML][HTML] The Cell Biology of the Trichosporon-Host Interaction

C Duarte-Oliveira, F Rodrigues… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Fungi of the genus Trichosporon are increasingly recognized as causative agents of
superficial and invasive fungal disease in humans. Although most species are considered …

Epidemiological study of Trichosporon asahii infections over the past 23 years

H Li, M Guo, C Wang, Y Li, AM Fernandez… - Epidemiology & …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Trichosporon is a yeast-like basidiomycete, a conditional pathogenic fungus that is rare in
the clinic but often causes fatal infections in immunocompromised individuals. Trichosporon …

Biofilm formation by zygomycetes: quantification, structure and matrix composition

R Singh, MR Shivaprakash, A Chakrabarti - Microbiology, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
Most studies on fungal biofilms have focused on Candida in yeasts and Aspergillus in
mycelial fungi. To the authors' knowledge, biofilm formation by zygomycetes has not been …

In vitro characterization of Trichophyton rubrum and T. mentagrophytes biofilms

CB Costa-Orlandi, JCO Sardi, CT Santos… - Biofouling, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Dermatophytes are fungi responsible for a disease known as dermatophytosis. Biofilms are
sessile microbial communities surrounded by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) with …

On and Under the Skin: Emerging Basidiomycetous Yeast Infections Caused by Trichosporon Species

M Mariné, NA Brown, DM Riaño-Pachón… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Trichosporon species are basidiomycetous, yeast-like organisms capable of filamentous
growth, ie, dimorphic (Fig 1), that are distributed throughout nature [1]. They are important …

Optimization of conditions for in vitro development of Trichoderma viride-based biofilms as potential inoculants

S Triveni, R Prasanna, AK Saxena - Folia microbiologica, 2012 - Springer
Biofilms represent mixed communities present in a diverse range of environments; however,
their utility as inoculants is less investigated. Our investigation was aimed towards in vitro …

Characterization of Trichosporon species isolated from clinical specimens in Kuwait

S Ahmad, M Al-Mahmeed… - Journal of medical …, 2005 - microbiologyresearch.org
Invasive trichosporonosis is an emerging infection of severely immunocompromised
patients. It is principally caused by Trichosporon asahii, although some other species of the …