Fungal colonization

Repeated oral administration of an antibiotic that reaches very high concentrations within the GI lumen could have profound effects on intestinal flora [ 12,13]. As expected, rifaximin markedly reduced fecal bacterial counts during oral intake but the effect was short-lasting since the bacterial population recovered within 1-2 weeks from the end of treatment (table 4) [82], Most importantly, fungal colonization occurred very rarely. Indeed, Candida albicans, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of antibiotic-associated diarrhea [82, 83], was isolated from the fecal samples of only 2 out of 10 patients given 1,200 mg of rifaximin daily [81] and in none of the volunteers taking 800 mg daily [82],... 

Risk factors include retransplantation, creatinine of more than 2 mg/dL, choledochojejunostomy, intraoperative use of 40 units or more of blood products, fungal colonization detected within the first 3 days after transplantation. 

Aheam DG, Crow SA, Simmons RB, et al. 1996. Fungal colonization of fiberglass insulation in the air distribution system of a multi-story office building VOC production and possible relationship to a sick building syndrome. J Ind Microbiol 16 280-285. 

Whitney, P. J. (1996). A comparison of two methods for testing defined formulations of PVC for resistance to fungal colonization with two methods for the assessment of their biodegradation. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 37, 205-13. 

Osono T. and Takeda H. (1999) Decomposing ability of interior and surface fungal colonizers of beech leaves with reference to lignin decomposition. Euro. J. Soil Biol. 35(2), 51-56. 

Huang YC, Li CC, Lin TY, Lien RI, Chou YH, Wu JL, Hsueh C. Association of fungal colonization and invasive disease in very low birth weight infants. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998 17(9) 819-22. 

Yang CS (1996) Fungal colonization of HVAC fiber-glass air-duct liner in USA. In Proceedings of the 7th international conference on indoor air quality and climate, Toronto, p 3 173... 

Renal failure and hemodialysis Mechanical ventilation Prior fungal colonization... 

In contrast with the numerous free-living nematodes, some plant-pathogenic nematodes spend most of their life inside plant roots or on their surface in cysts and/or root knots. These resting structures persist in the soil and act as a selective substratum for fungal colonization by egg parasites. Certain clavicipitaceous anamorphs, now comprised in the genus Pochonia (Zare et al.,... 

Fungal colonization of fibreglass duct lining is an issue of concern for lAQ, but complexities in fungal species and nutrient contribution led to difficulties in assigning MVOCs in indoor air to this source. Hexanol, isooctanol and 6-methyl-1-heptanol (Ahearn et al., 1996), and 2-ethyl -1 -hexanol (Ezeonu et al., 1994) have been identified as major VOCs from this source. 

Ezeonu I.M., Noble J.A., Simmons R.B., Price D.L., Crow S.A. and Aheam D.G. (1994b) Effect of relative humidity on fungal colonization of fiberglass insulation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 60, 2149-2151. 

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