KoreaMed, a service of the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE), provides access to articles published in Korean medical, dental, nursing, nutrition and veterinary journals. KoreaMed records include links to full-text content in Synapse and publisher web sites.
The correct identification of filamentous fungi is challenging. We evaluated the performance of the VITEK MS v3.0 system (bioMérieux, Marcy-l’Étoile, France) for the identification of a wide spectrum of clinically...
The typical life cycle of filamentous fungi commonly involves asexual sporulation after vegetative growth in response to environmental factors. The production of asexual spores is critical in the life cycle...
The ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis, is a serious pest of oak trees in Korea. In this study we investigated filamentous fungi present in the body of the beetle. Fourteen genera...
The incidence of invasive fungal infection has increased worldwide along with the increasing population of high risk patients. Recently developed antifungal agents, such as second-generation triazoles and echinocandins, provide the...
Fungi constitute nonmotile eukaryotic organism that are devoid of chlorophyll and reproduce by spores. There are 100, 000 validly described species of fungi and over 275 species of those described...
Hong WP, Shin JH, Shin DH, Sul YA, Lee CJ, Suh SP, Ryang DW
KMID: 2256859
Korean J Nosocomial Infect Control.
1999 Jun;4(1):17-25.
BACKGROUND: As the population of immunocompromised patients continues to grow, the incidence of infections caused by opportunistic filamentous fungi will continue to increase. Inhalation of fungal spores which are found...