title: The ability of fungal isolates from human lung aspergilloma to produce mycotoxins.
abstract: This study included 11 adult patients (seven men and four women) who had been surgically treated for pulmonary aspergilloma in the Republic of Croatia within two years. Mycological analysis was positive for Aspergillus genus in five samples of surgically removed tissue. A. fumigatus was isolated in three and A. versicolor in two samples. Their mycotoxigenic potency was determined by thin layer chromatography. A. fumigatus strains were found to produce aflatoxin B1 (AFB), and two of them aflatoxin G1. A. versicolor strains produced AFB1 and sterigmatocystin. Neither isolated Aspergillus strain produced aflatoxin G2 or ochratoxin A. Fungal growth and production of mycotoxins are the consequences of interaction of fungus, host and environment. One has also to take into consideration that the production of mycotoxins in vitro does not reflect what these fungi may produce in human organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department for Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Schrottova 39, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pepeljnjak
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Slobodnjak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segvić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peraica
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pavlović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016604:Aflatoxin B1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013241:Sterigmatocystin / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D013241:Sterigmatocystin; D016604:Aflatoxin B1