Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans isolado do solo / Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans isolated from soil
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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35(1): 77-79, Jan.-Fev. 1993.
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in Portuguese
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RESUMO
We inquiry, in the epidemiologic history of 42 patients with cryptococcosis, the contact with pigeon, trying to find the possible source of infection. Of these patients, the information compatible with ecologic niche of Cryptococcus neoformans was positive in 16. Fifty nine samples were recovered from soil, associated with pigeon habitat. We found C. neoformans in four occasions, one in the capital and three in the interior of state. C. neoformans, serotype A, recovered from a central spine fluid coincides with the serotype of the fungus recovered downtown Porto Alegre, in a place suggested by the patient as possible source of infection, characterizing of a case of Cryptococcus neoformans. var. neoformans.
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Main subject:
Soil Microbiology
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Animals
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Humans
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1993
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Article
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