Hideyo Yamaguchi

TL;DR: A single strain of a novel ascomycetous yeast species belonging to the genus Candida was isolated from the external ear canal of an inpatient in a Japanese hospital and indicated that this strain represents a new species with a close phylogenetic relationship to Candida ruelliae and Candida haemulonii in the Metschnikowiaceae clade.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the antibacterial action of essential oils was most effective when at high vapour concentration for a short time, and rapid evaporation was more effective than slow evporation of essential oil.

TL;DR: PCR analysis of blood specimens collected from mice systemically infected with C. albicans and clinical samples including blood, cerebrospinal fluid and sputum appeared to be a more sensitive diagnostic method for invasive fungal infections than a conventional blood culture technique.

TL;DR: The mutual phylogenetic relationships of dermatophytes of the genera Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton were demonstrated by using internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region ribosomal DNA sequences to identify the species.

TL;DR: Five isolates of a novel species of the yeast genus Malassezia were isolated from animals in Japan and Brazil and showed that they were conspecific and belonged to the genus Malasseszia, which resembles M. dermatis and M. sympodialis, but can be distinguished from these species by its inability to use Cremophor EL as the sole lipid source and to hydrolyse aesculin.