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Se encontraron cuatro especies de hongos Entomophthorales, Pandora neoaphidis, Zoophthora radicans, Entomophthora planchoniana (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) y Neozygites fresenii (Neozygitales: Neozygitaceae) infectando a Aphis craccivora, Therioaphis trifolii, Acyrthosiphon pisum y a especies no identificadas pertenecientes al género Acyrthosiphon en cultivos de alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), en la Argentina. Los muestreos fueron realizados en cinco sitios (Ceres, Rafaela, Sarmiento, Monte Vera y Bernardo de Irigoyen) de la provincia de Santa Fe. Zoophthora radicans fue el patógeno más importante registrado principalmente en Acyrthosiphon sp. Zoophthora radicans fue exitosamente aislado y mantenido en cultivos puros. Este estudio documenta por primera vez en la Argentina la presencia de hongos Entomophthorales infectando áfidos en alfalfa
Four species of entomophthoroid fungi, Pandora neoaphidis (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), Zoophthora radicans (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), Entomophthora planchoniana (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) and Neozygites fresenii (Neozygitales: Neozygitaceae) were found to infect Aphis craccivora, Therioaphis trifolii, and Acyrthosiphon pisum and unidentified species of Acyrthosiphon on lucerne in Argentina. Samples were collected from five sites (Ceres, Rafaela, Sarmiento, Monte Vera and Bernardo de Irigoyen) in the province of Santa Fe. In this study, Zoophthora radicans was the most important pathogen and was recorded mainly on Acyrthosiphon sp. Zoophthora radicans was successfully isolated and maintained in pure cultures. This study is the first report of entomophthoroid fungi infecting lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) aphids in Argentina
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Áfidos/patogenicidad , Argentina/epidemiología , Medicago sativa/toxicidad , Entomophthorales/aislamiento & purificación , Entomophthorales/clasificaciónRESUMEN
Four species of entomophthoroid fungi, Pandora neoaphidis (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), Zoophthora radicans (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), Entomophthora planchoniana (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) and Neozygites fresenii (Neozygitales: Neozygitaceae) were found to infect Aphis craccivora, Therioaphis trifolii, and Acyrthosiphon pisum and unidentified species of Acyrthosiphon on lucerne in Argentina. Samples were collected from five sites (Ceres, Rafaela, Sarmiento, Monte Vera and Bernardo de Irigoyen) in the province of Santa Fe. In this study, Zoophthora radicans was the most important pathogen and was recorded mainly on Acyrthosiphon sp. Zoophthora radicans was successfully isolated and maintained in pure cultures. This study is the first report of entomophthoroid fungi infecting lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) aphids in Argentina.
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Áfidos/microbiología , Entomophthorales/aislamiento & purificación , Medicago sativa/parasitología , Animales , Argentina , Entomophthora/aislamiento & purificación , Micología/métodos , Especificidad de la EspecieRESUMEN
Zygomycosis is an infection caused by opportunistic fungi of the Zygomycetes class, specifically those from the Mucorales and Entomophthorales orders. It is an uncommon disease, mainly restricted to immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a 73-year-old male patient with a history of fever (39°C) lasting for 1 day, accompanied by shivering, trembling, and intense asthenia. The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit with complex partial seizures, and submitted to orotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation under sedation with midazolam. The electroencephalogram showed evidence of non-convulsive status epilepticus. There is no fast specific laboratory test that permits confirmation of invasive fungal disease. Unless the physician suspects this condition, the disease may progress rapidly while the patient is treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Differential diagnosis between fungal and bacterial infection is often difficult. The clinical presentation is sometimes atypical, and etiological investigation is not always successful. In the present case, the histopathological examination of the biopsy obtained from the right temporal lobe indicated the presence of irregular, round, thick-walled fungi forming papillae and elongated structures of irregular diameter, with no septa, indicative of zygomycete (Basidiobolus). Treatment with liposomal amphotericin B and fluconazole was initiated after diagnosis of meningoencephalitis by zygomycete, with a successful outcome.
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Anciano , Humanos , Masculino , Entomophthorales/aislamiento & purificación , Meningoencefalitis/microbiología , Choque Séptico/microbiología , Cigomicosis/diagnóstico , Anfotericina B/uso terapéutico , Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico , Estudios de Seguimiento , Fluconazol/uso terapéutico , Huésped Inmunocomprometido , Meningoencefalitis/diagnóstico , Meningoencefalitis/tratamiento farmacológico , Choque Séptico/diagnóstico , Choque Séptico/tratamiento farmacológico , Resultado del Tratamiento , Cigomicosis/tratamiento farmacológicoRESUMEN
A primeira ocorrência de Zoophthora radicans (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) infectando adultos de Gyropsylla spegazziniana Lizer & Trelles (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) em plantio comercial de erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis), em Cascavel, PR, Brasil, é relatada. A prevalência do fungo foi elevada (90 por cento de mortalidade), sendo considerada uma epizootia natural.
We report the first occurrence of Zoophthora radicans infecting adults of Gyropsylla spegazziniana Lizer & Trelles in a commercial Paraguay tea plantation (Ilex paraguariensis), in Cascavel, PR, Brazil. The fungus prevalence was high (90 percent of mortality), considered a natural epizooty.
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Animales , Entomophthorales/aislamiento & purificación , Hemípteros/microbiología , BrasilRESUMEN
Two outbreaks of zigomycosis with rhinofacial and two other with rhinopharyngeal lesions involving fungi with filamentous coaenocytic hyphae characteristic of entomoph-thoramycetous fungi are reported in the state of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. One outbreak of rhinofacial zygomycosis occurred during the rainy season affecting 5 sheep. Another outbreak of the clinical form affected one out of 40 sheep during the dry season. Common clinical signs of the rhinofacial infection were bilateral serosanguineous nasal discharge with swelling of nostrils, upper lip, and the skin of the face. At necropsy the nasal mucosa showed dark brownish ulcerated areas which extended from the mucocutaneous region to 10cm inside the nasal vestibule. The mucosa of the hard palate was also ulcerated. The cutting surface of nostrils and palate showed a brownish or red spongeous tissue of friable consistency. One outbreak of rhinopharyngitis took place on an irrigated coconut farm; 7 out of 60 adult sheep were affected. Another outbreak affected a sheep in a flock of 80 during the dry season. Clinical signs as noisy respiration and dyspnoea due to mechanical blockage of the nasal cavities, swelling of the nostrils, and serosanguineous nasal discharge were observed. Six out of 8 sheep in this group showed exophthalmia, keratitis and unilateral corneal ulceration of the eye. The sheep either died of their infection or were euthanized after a clinical course of 7-30 days. At necropsy there was a dense yellow exudate in the nasopharyngeal area affecting the ethmoidal region, turbinate bones, paranasal sinuses, hard and soft palates, orbital cavity, pharynges, regional muscles and lymph nodes. Histopathologically both forms of the disease showed multifocal granulomas with an eosinophilic necrotic reaction (Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon) containing ribbon-type coenocytic hyphae with 7-30mm in diameter similar to hyphae of zygomycetous fungi, possibly Conidiobolus spp. Outbrea...
Dois surtos de lesões rinofaciais e dois de lesões rinofaríngeas causadas por fungos com hifas filamentosas, raramente septadas, semelhantes às dos fungos entomophthorales, são descritos no Estado da Paraíba. Um surto da forma rinofacial afetou 5 ovinos durante a estação chuvosa. Outro surto desta forma clínica afetou um ovino de um grupo de 40, durante a época seca. Os sinais clínicos da forma rinofacial foram de corrimento serosanguinolento bilateral, com aumento de volume das narinas, lábio superior, e pele da face. Na necropsia, a mucosa nasal apresentava áreas ulceradas de cor marrom escuro, que se estendiam desde a região muco-cutánea até 10cm dentro do vestíbulo nasal. A mucosa do palato duro estava, também, ulcerada. A superfície de corte das narinas e palato apresentava-se marrom ou avermelhada de aspecto esponjoso e friável. Um surto de rinofaringite micótica ocorreu em uma plantação de coco irrigado, afetando 7 ovinos de um rebanho de 60 ovinos adultos. Outro surto desta forma da enfermidade afetou um único animal de um rebanho de 80, durante a época seca. Os animais apresentavam dispnéia, com respiração ruidosa devida ao bloqueio parcial das narinas, e corrimento nasal serosanguinolento. Seis dos oito animais afetados por esta forma da enfermidade apresentaram, em um olho, exoftalmia, ceratite e ulceração da córnea. Todos os ovinos morreram ou foram sacrificados após um curso clínico de 7-30 dias. Na necropsia exsudato amarelo consistente foi observado na região etmoidal, ossos turbinados, seios paranasais, palatos duro e mole, órbita, faringe, e músculos e linfonodos regionais. No estudo histológico, ambas as formas da doença mostraram granulomas multifocais com áreas necróticas eosinofílicas (material de Splendore-Hoeppli) contendo hifas com 7-30mm de diâmetro, raramente septadas, semelhantes às dos fungos entomophthorales, possivelmente Conidiobolus spp. Surtos de ambas as formas de rinite micótica são freqüentes na região ...
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Animales , Entomophthorales/aislamiento & purificación , Hifa/aislamiento & purificación , Mortalidad , Rinitis/diagnóstico , Rinitis/epidemiología , OvinosRESUMEN
Conidiobolus coronatus, entomoftoral patógeno para el hombre y algunosinsectos, se aisló a partir de especímenes muertos del áfido Neotoxopteraformosana sobre hojas de Allium schoenoprasum. La presencia deC. coronatus supone el riesgo de una potencial infección para quienestrabajan en la producción de cebollín. El control fitosanitario de N. formosanapodría, además, contribuir a reducir el riesgo de infección humana conC. coronatus(AU)
Conidiobolus coronatus (Entomophthorales), a pathogen of human and someinsects, was isolated from dead specimens of the aphid Neotoxopteraformosana present on chives leaves. C. coronatus infected aphids could posea threat to growers health. Pest control strategies of N. formosana may alsocontribute to reduce the human infection risk by C. coronatus(AU)
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Conidiobolus/aislamiento & purificación , Áfidos/patogenicidad , Cebollino/microbiología , Enfermedades de las Plantas/microbiología , Entomophthorales/aislamiento & purificación , Cigomicosis/microbiología , Control Biológico de VectoresRESUMEN
Three species of Entomophthorales entomopathogenic fungi (Zygomycotina: Zygomycetes) have been identified from insects in agricultural crops (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina): Zoophthora radicans Batko (Brefeld); Entomophthora planchoniana Cornu and Pandora gammae (Weiser) Humber. Fungal structure measurements are reported.
Se informa de tres especies de hongos Entomophthorales en insectos encontrados en cultivos agrícolas en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina: Zoophthora radicans Batko (Brefeld); Entomophthora planchoniana Cornu y Pandora gammae (Weiser) Humber. Se incluyen las medidas de las estructuras fúngicas.
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Animales , Entomophthorales/patogenicidad , Insectos/microbiología , Interacciones Huésped-Patógeno , Productos Agrícolas/microbiología , Cigomicosis/microbiología , Argentina , Densidad de Población , Entomophthorales/clasificación , Entomophthorales/aislamiento & purificación , Especificidad de la EspecieRESUMEN
Os autores descrevem um caso de entomoftoromicose em paciente previamente saudável, que apresentou abscesso em nádega direita, evoluindo, após drenagem cirúrgica, para tumoração retroperitoneal. Após ressecção da massa, o paciente obteve melhora clínica, em uso de cetoconazol. A análise histopatológica evidenciou fenômeno de Splendore-Hoeppli, sugerindo infecção por Basidiobolus ranarum, uma zigomicose geralmente restrita ao tecido subcutâneo, com raro comprometimento gastrintestinal.