Volume 23 (2006)

Invasive candidiasis in the critically ill non-neutropenic patient A García de Lorenzo y Mateos	1
Importance of invasive candidiasis in critical non neutropenic patients JC Montejo & A del Palacio	2-3
Traditional microbiological diagnosis for invasive candidiasis in critical non-neutropenic patients MS Cuétara, A Alhambra & A del Palacio	4-7
Clinical spectrum of invasive candidiasis in critically ill non-neutropenic patients M Sánchez García	8-11
Epidemiology of candidemia in ICU B Galván & F Mariscal	12-15
Ophthalmoscopic examination in critically ill nonneutropenic patients: Candida endophthalmitis E Pérez Blázquez	16-19
Microbiological non-culture methods for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis: usefulness of surrogate markers J Pontón	20-25
Molecular biology in the diagnosis of deep-seated candidiasis in the critically ill non-neutropenic patient MF Colom, A Jover & C Ferrer	26-28
Risk factors in invasive candidiasis: stratification A del Palacio, A Alhambra & MS Cuétara	29-31
Prevention of invasive candidiasis in the critically ill non neutropenic patient JC Montejo, M Catalán & A del Palacio	32-34
Management strategies: prophylaxis, empirical and pre-emptive treatment and treatment of established invasive candidiasis in the critically ill non-neutropenic patient A del Palacio, A Alhambra y MS Cuétara	35-38
Systemic antifungals. Pharmacodynamia and pharmacokinetics M Catalán & JC Montejo	39-49
Antibodies to Candida albicans germ tubes in two intensive care patients with invasive candidiasis JR Iruretagoyena, P Regúlez, G Quindós & J Pontón	50-53
Invasive fungal infections in critically ill patients: Different therapeutic options and a uniform strategy R Zaragoza & J Pemán	59-63
Nomenclatural amendments in the mycotoxicology field LR González Osnaya, A Isabel Catalá Gregori, JM Soriano del Castillo, JC Moltó Cortés & J Mañes Vinues	64-66
Kefir: A symbiotic yeast-bacteria community with alleged healthy capabilities F Lopitz-Otsoa, A Rementeria, N Elguezabal & J Garaizar	67-74
Ajoene the main active compound of garlic (Allium sativum): a new antifungal agent E Ledezma & R Apitz-Castro	75-80
Detection of Candida dubliniensis in patients with candidosis in the metropolitan area of Caracas, Venezuela A Brito Gamboa, M Mendoza, A Fernández & E Díaz	81-84
Nosocomial infection due to Trichosporon asahii: Clinical revision of 22 cases G da Silva Rodrigues, R Rosa Ubatuba de Faria, L da Silva Guazzelli, F de Mattos Oliveira & LC Severo	85-89
Detection and kinetic characterization of Candida tropicalis contamination during fodder yeast production R García Gutiérrez, MA Otero Rambla, A Martínez Sánchez, G Saura Lauria & L Casalot	90-93
A case of pulmonary aspergillosis with lack of response to caspofungin R Rüchel, C Perske, B Glaß & J Bäsecke	94-96
Profile of antifungal susceptibility of species of Candida isolated from hemocultures in a University Hospital, Maracaibo, Venezuela NM Arcaya, LM Mesa, MR Pineda, H Beltrán-Luengo & BM Calvo	97-100
Esterase activity of Candida species isolated from immunocompromised hosts CP Kumar, T Menon, T Sundararajan, S Nalini, MA Thirunarayan, S Rajasekaran S & K Venkatadesikalu	101-103
Endophthalmitis by Aspergillus fumigatus after retina detachment M Fajardo Olivares, B Fernández de Arévalo & Y Marañón Prat	104-106
Cutaneous alternariosis in a liver transplant recipient R Vieira, J Veloso, A Afonso & A Rodrigues	107-109
Conservation of Malassezia strains in blotting paper L Ramos, S Ramadán, C López, L Bulacio & S Mellado	110-112
First record of Montagnea arenaria (D.C.) Zeller (Agaricales) in Chile H Madrid & M Muñoz	113-115
Clinical cases in Medical Mycology: Case No.20 R Negroni, A Arechavala & E Maiolo	116-118
Clinical cases in Medical Mycology: Case No.21 R Negroni, G López Daneri, AM Robles, A Arechavala, MH Bianchi & G Santiso	119-121

Trends in Mycology: An overview of the one day meeting, Braga, Portugal, 23rd September 2005 RRM Paterson & N Lima	125-126
Pandora's mycological box: Molecular sequences vs. morphology in understanding fungal relationships and biodiversity DL Hawksworth	127-133
Multilocus sequence analysis of Penicillium and Eupenicillium species SW Peterson	134-138
Fungi in bottled water: A case study of a production plant A Ribeiro, AP Machado, Z Kozakiewicz, M Ryan, B Luke, AG Buddie, A Venâncio, N Lima & J Kelley	139-144
PCR-RFLP of ITS rDNA for the rapid identification of Penicillium subgenus Biverticillium species J Dupont, B Dennetière, C Jacquet & MF Roquebert	145-150
Penicillium glabrum cork colonising isolates – preliminary analysis of their genomic similarity MC Basílio, R Gaspar, C Silva Pereira & MV San Romão	151-154
A practical approach for identification based on mycotoxin characters of Penicillium RRM Paterson, A Venâncio & N Lima	155-159
Pigment chemistry, taxonomy and phylogeny of the Hypoxyloideae (Xylariaceae) M Stadler & J Fournier	160-170
Application of classification-tree models to characterize the mycobiota of grapes on the basis of origin R Serra, A Lourenço, O Belo & A Venâncio	171-175
Efficacy of plant extracts against stored products fungi A Magro, M Carolino, M Bastos & A Mexia	176-178
Marine fungi from Mira river salt marsh in Portugal M Barata	179-184
Ambrosia fungi in the insect-fungi symbiosis in relation to cork oak decline J Henriques, ML Inácio & E Sousa	185-188
New and simple test plating for screening relative transfructosylation activity of fungi A Dominguez, IM Santos, JA Teixeira & N Lima	189-191
Notes on a plant parasite fungus in Portugal: Gymnosporangium cornutum MC Lopes & VC Martins	192-193
FISH and Calcofluor staining techniques to detect in situ filamentous fungal biofilms in water AB Gonçalves, IM Santos, RRM Paterson & N Lima	194-198

Prevalence of fungal infections detected from biopsies and autopsies in the past 11 years at the University Hospital Joan XXIII in Tarragona, Spain JF García-Fontgivell & E Mayayo Artal	201-208
Diagnostic potential of (1?3)-ß-D-glucan and anti-Candida albicans germ tube antibodies for the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of invasive candidiasis in neutropenic adult patients C Pazos, MD Moragues, G Quindós, J Pontón & A del Palacio	209-215
Extracellular enzymatic activities in Cryptococcus neoformans strains isolated from AIDS patients in different countries V Vidotto, S Ito-Kuwa, K Nakamura, S Aoki, M Melhem, K Fukushima & E Bollo	216-220
Changes in the elastase activity and colonization ability of Aspergillus fumigatus after successive inoculations in mice ME García, J Caballero, I Blanco, M Cruzado, E Costas & JL Blanco	221-223
Selection and implantation of yeast strains of genus Saccharomyces at a winery regulated by Appellation Contrôlée “Chacolí de Vizcaya/Bizkaiko Txakolina” A Rementeria, JA Rodríguez, E Calvo, R Amenabar, JR Muguruza, AB Vivanco, J Garaizar & MJ Sevilla	224-232
Canine mycotic stomatitis due to Candida albicans VJ Jadhav & M Pal	233-234
Isolation of Issatchenkia occidentalis from the esophagus of a leukemic patient IH Sahand, M-D Moragues, A Alhambra, A del Palacio, G Quindós & J Pontón	235-237
Canine lymphadenitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. First case in Chile P Thomson, G Miranda & V Silva	238-240
Bilateral proximal cellulitis and onychomycosis in both big toes due to Fusarium solani JM Torres-Rodríguez & M Sellart-Altisent	241-244
Endobronchitis by Scedosporium apiospermum in a child with cystic fibrosis O Vázquez-Tsuji, T Campos Rivera, A Rondán Zárate & M Mirabal García	245-248
Clinical cases in Medical Mycology: Case No. 22 L Calanni, G Schmidt, R Negroni, A Arechavala & G Santiso	249-250
Clinical cases in Medical Mycology: Case No. nº 23 A Fulgenzi, R Negroni, E Maiolo, A Arechavala, G Santiso & MH Bianchi	251-253
II Forum de la Sección de Micología Médica (AEM) Micosis emergentes. Utilidad Práctica de las pruebas de sensibilidad in vitro a los antifúngicos.