Volume 18 (2001)

The Venezuelan Association of Mycology and the Iberoamerican Journal of Mycology G San-Blas	1
A new generation of antifungal drugs AJ Carrillo-Muñoz, S Brió & G Quindós	2-5
Differences in the Candida albicans antigenic expression after heat shock and infection R Calcedo, E Lariño, E Calvo, A Rementería, MJ Sevilla, J Pontón & FL Hernando	6-11
UV and X-ray sensitivity of Candida albicans laboratory strains and mutants having chromosomal alterations G Janbon, F Sherman & E Rustchenko	12-16
Cell surface hydrophobicity-associated adherence of Candida dubliniensis to human buccal epithelial cells MA Jabra-Rizk, WA Falkler, Jr., WG Merz, A.A.M.A. Baqui, JI Kelley & TF Meiller	17-22
Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium (Candida ID®) for the isolation and presumptive identification of Candida albicans and other medically important yeasts G Quindós, R Alonso-Vargas, S Helou, A Arechavala, E Martín-Mazuelos & R Negroni	23-28
Pityriasis versicolor in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In vivo morphological data of Malassezia spp. in 100 cases R Arenas, R Isa Isa & AC Cruz	29-32
The gas-liquid cromatography with mass spectrometry for the identification of yeasts F Paredes Salido, J Mira Gutiérrez, P Sasián Macías & P García-Martos	33-37
Endophytic fungi from flowers, capsules and seedsof Eucalyptus globulus S Lupo, S Tiscornia & L Bettucci	38-41
Specific antibody response in a patient with Candida dubliniensis fungemia R Salesa, MD Moragues, R Sota, J Pemán, G Quindós & J Pontón	42-44

Systemic nosocomial infection by yeasts E Cantón, A Viudes & J Pemán	51-55
A review of Alternaria alternata sensitivity Hiram Sanchez & Robert K. Bush	56-59
Inter and intra-specific genetic variability of oral Candida species EA Ribeiro Rosa, R Takaki Rosa, CV Pereira, MF Gomes Boriollo & JF Höfling	60-64
Optimization of the conditions for RAPD-PCR of Candida spp. and Cryptococcus spp. ME Sansinforiano, A Rabasco, M Martínez-Trancón, JC Parejo, M Hermoso de Mendoza & JA Padilla	65-69
Invasive aspergillosis in Castilla y León and Cantabria: years 1998 and 1999 R López-Medrano & the Group of Microbiologists of the Castellano-Leonesa Society of Microbiology	70-75
Fungal keratitis in the State of Paraná - Brazil: Clinical, epidemiological and diagnostic findings AC Carvalho, HI Ruthes, M Maia, et al.	76-78
Fungal flora of the digestive tract of Panstrongylus megistus (Reduviidae) used for experimental xenodiagnosis of Trypanosoma (Schizotripanum) cruzi Chagas, 1909 AM Lage Moraes, A Reis de Figueiredo, AC Vieira Junqueira, G Lara da Costa, R Kelly Aguiar & P Cunha de Oliveira	79-82
Aflatoxin synthesis in corn fields in Guanajuato, Mexico CM Bucio-Villalobos, D Guzmán-de-Peña & JJ Peña-Cabriales	83-87
Tinea capitis by Microsporum audouinii B Escutia, I Febrer, J Pemán, V Oliver & JL Sánchez-Carazo	88-90

The taxonomic status of Lacazia loboi and Rhinosporidium seeberi has been finally resolved with the use of molecular tools L Mendoza, L Ajello & JW Taylor	95-98
Epidemiological study of cryptococcosis in Spain: First results MF Colom, S Frasés, C Ferrer et al.	99-104
Evaluation of Chromalbicans Agar for presumptive identification of Candida albicans AJ Carrillo-Muñoz, G Quindós, CD Cárdenes, R Alonso Vargas, P Arévalo, S Brió & L Madariaga	105-108
Pityriasis versicolor in infants under one year of age. A report of 92 cases R Isa Isa, AC Cruz, R Arenas, Y Duarte, CM Linares & H Bogaert	109-112
In vitro susceptibility of dematiaceous fungi to ten antifungal drugs using an agar difussion test JR Cermeño Vivas & JM Torres -Rodríguez	113-117
Selection of strains of Lentinula edodes and Lentinula boryana adapted for efficient mycelial growth on wheat straw G Mata, P Delpech & JM Savoie	118-122
Biochemical markers in taxonomy of the genus Cunninghamella RK Shiosaki, K Okada, N Buarque de Gusmão et al.	123-127
Varieties and serotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates in Colombia N Ordóñez & E Castañeda	128-130
Experimental infection of almond trees seedlings (Terminalia catappa) with an environmental isolate of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, serotype C S Huérfano, A Castañeda & E Castañeda	131-132
Sporotrichosis in patient with AIDS: report of a case and review MM Rocha, T. Dassin, R. Lira et al.	133-136
Recurrence of sporotrichosis in cats with zoonotic involvement M de Oliveira Nobre, A Pötter de Castro, D Caetano, L Leonardo de Souza, MC Araújo Meireles & L Ferreiro	137-140
Natural contamination with mycotoxins in forage maize and green coffee in Nayarit State (Mexico) M de Lourdes Robledo, S Marín & AJ Ramos	141-144

Usefulness of optical brighteners in medical mycology R Rüchel, M Behe, B Torp & H Laatsch	147-149
Colorimetric methods for in vitro antifungal subsceptibility testing AJ Carrillo-Muñoz, L Abarca & G Quindós	150-155
Hospital sources of Aspergillus species: New routes of transmission? A Warris, A Voss & PE Verweij	156-162
Characteristics of biofilm formation by Candida albicans G Ramage, K VandeWalle, BL Wickes & JL López-Ribot	163-170
Effect of contraceptives on the prevalence of vaginal colonization with Candida species in Edo State, Nigeria I Besse Enweani, HC Gugnani, R Okobia & S Bunmi Ojo	171-173
Chromosome length polymorphism in Cryptococcus neoformans clinical and environmental isolates MJ García-Bermejo, J Antón, C Ferrer, I Meseguer, JL Abad & MF Colom	174-179
Histoplasma capsulatum isolated from Didelphis albiventris (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil ML Silva-Vergara, R Martinez, MH Borges Malta, CM Leite Maffei & LE Ramirez	180-182
Toxic activity of Penicillium citrinum metabolites on Mus musculus mice MC Lurá, MB Fuentes, M Cabagna, AM González, AF Nepote, MC Giugni, M Rico & M Gabriela Latorre	183-186
Efficacy of the Apimicos-B® to control and prevent chalkbrood disease in honey bees JM Flores, F Puerta, I Gutiérrez & F Arrebola	187-190
Viability, morphological characteristics and dimorphic ability of fungi preserved by different methods R Ferreti de Lima & C de Moraes Borba	191-196
Identification of Candida albicans using the chromogenic medium Albicans ID P Godoy, LP Almeida & A Lopes Colombo	197-199
Cutaneous cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii LC Severo, I Berta e Zardo & A Thomaz Londero	200-201