title: Development of natural culture media for rapid induction of Fonsecaea pedrosoi sclerotic cells in vitro.
abstract: Fonsecaea pedrosoi is the main agent of chromoblastomycosis, a skin disease presenting verrucous lesions, in which round, thick-walled sclerotic cells are found. In vitro induction of sclerotic cells is time-consuming (20 to 45 days) and temperature dependent. We present two new natural media that reduce the sclerotic-cell induction time to only 2 days.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Dermato-Imunologia, UEPA/UFPA/MC, Av. João Paulo II, 113, Bairro Dom Aristides, 67200-000, Marituba, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Moises Batista
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Jorge Pereira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Suellen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sirleide Pereira Yamano
authors.forename: Ubirajara Imbiriba
authors.initials: UI
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.forename: José Antonio Picanço
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Diniz
authors.forename: Claudio Guedes
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Salgado
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
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