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Aspergillus

[‚as·pər′jil·əs]
(mycology)
A genus of fungi including several species of common molds and some human and plant pathogens.
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fumigatus patient isolates (P-1, P-2, and P-3) were available for confirmatory species verification, reference susceptibility testing defined by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing using protocol for molds (E.Def 9.3), cyp51A Sanger sequencing (using wild-type reference sequence AF338659), and genotyping using the short tandem-repeat Aspergillus fumigatus (STRAf assay (2,3) (Table).
Common pathogenic organism include Aspergillus (fumigates, nidulans), Staphylococcus aureus, Burkholderiacepacia, Salmonella species, Serratia marcescens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nocardia.4
He said that the pulmonary Aspergillus is an allergic reaction to a fungus called Aspergillus's, which causes inflammation of the airways and air sacs of the lungs and it defined the Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA).
The company has published results from a study evaluating the activity of SCY-078 both alone and in combination with other antifungal therapies in over 300 Aspergillus strains in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
of Isolates (%) Staphylococcus aureus 9 (26.4%) Staphylococcus epidermidis 6 (17.6%) Pseudomonas aeruginosa 6 (17.6%) Klebsiella pneumoniae 5 (14.7%) Acinetobacter baumannii 4 (11.7%) Escherichia coli 4 (11.7%) Total 34 (100%) Fungal Agents Aspergillus flavus 14 (24.5%) Aspergillus niger 12 (21%) Asperg illus fum igatus 10 (17.5%) Fusarium spp.
Aspergillus is a type of fungal spore that is typically harmless, but can be potentially dangerous to those with compromised immune systems.
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