title: [The enzymatic activity of fungi strains isolated from the skin and skin appendages of humans returning from the tropics].
abstract: The aim of the work was to assess the enzymatic activity of 11 fungi strains isolated from the skin of 10 Lódź residents who had visited the tropics over 1998-1999. The strains were cultured by Jeske and Lupa of The Voivodeship Outpatient Clinic of Infectious, Parasitic and Tropical Diseases and Fungal Infections in Lódź. They were as follows: Trichophyton rubrum and Acremonium kiliense from Zambia, Myriodontium keratinophilum, Beauveria bassiana, Cladosporium herbarum, Candida famata and Trichophyton yaoundei from Sudan, Trichophyton tonsurans from Ethiopia, Trichophyton phaseliforme from Egypt, Acremonium strictum from Zimbabwe and Microsporum racemosus from Tanzania. The enzymatic activity was determined with the use of API ZYM of bioMérieux enabling 19 hydrolases to be revealed. In general, all tropical strains were characterised by a weak hydrolytic activity.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Biologii i Parazytologii Lekarskiej, Akademia Medyczna, 90-436 Lódź, al. Kościuszki 85.
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authors.lastname: Głowacka
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authors.lastname: Ochecka-Szymańska
mesh_terms: D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D034582:Integumentary System / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D014195:Travel; D014329:Tropical Climate
chemical_list: D006867:Hydrolases