Mohammad T Hedayati, Mahin Tavakoli, Maedeh Maleki, Somaye Heidari, Vida Mortezaee, Maryam Gheisari, Maryam Hassanzad, Maryam Sadat Mirenayat, Seyed Alireza Mahdaviani, Mihan Pourabdollah, Ali Akbar Velayati, Mahshid Vakili, Mahdi Abastabar, Iman Haghani, Jalal Jafarzadeh, Newsha Hedayati, Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo
In this present study, for the first time, we evaluated the cystic fibrosis (CF) patients for the Scedosporium species and their antifungal susceptibility against eight antifungal agents. During one-year period, 90 Sputum samples were collected from Iranian CF patients. All samples were evaluated by direct microscopic examination, culture onto four different media including Malt extract agar, Inhibitory mold agar, Brain Heart Infusion and Scedo-Select III. The mold isolated fungi were identified by PCR-Sequencing of ITS and β-tubulin genes...
April 2019: Microbial Pathogenesis