Search and collection of pathogenic fungi and actinomycetes in areas with high incidents of AIDS patients.

艾滋病通过削弱免疫系统，通过二次感染细菌、真菌和其他病原体而导致严重疾病，二次感染通常会导致患者死亡。我们与巴西、泰国、南非和印度尼西亚的研究人员合作，从艾滋病患者身上收集了致病放线菌和真菌。我们正在构建收集了患者信息、药物最低抑菌浓度、微生物照片、基因序列和其他信息的菌株数据库，用于医疗和科学目的的贡献和利用。

AIDS, by debilitating the immune system, causes serious illness by a secondary infection with bacteria, fungi and other pathogens, and the 2nd infection often bring patient death. We collected pathogenic actinomycetes and fungi from AIDS patients in collaboration with researchers in Brazil, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia. We are constructing database of the strains collected with patient-information, minimal inhibitory concentrations of drugs, photos of microbes, gene sequences, and others for contribution and utilization for medical and scientific purposes.