Genotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii as agents of endemic cryptococcosis in Teresina, Piauí (northeastern Brazil)
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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106(6): 725-730, Sept. 2011. ilus
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en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
Throughout Brazil, Cryptococcus neoformans is the cause of cryptococcosis, whereas Cryptococcus gattii is endemic to the northern and northeastern states. In this study, the molecular types of 63 cryptococcal isolates recovered from the cerebrospinal fluid of meningitis patients diagnosed between 2008-2010 in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, were analysed. Out of the 63 patients, 37 (58.7 percent) were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and 26 (41.3 percent) were HIV-negative. URA5-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis identified 37/63 (58.7 percent) isolates as the C. neoformans VNI genotype, predominantly in HIV-positive patients (32/37, 86.5 percent), and 24/63 (38.1 percent) as the C. gattii VGII genotype, mostly in HIV-negative patients (21/26, 80.8 percent). The occurrence of C. gattii VGII in six apparently healthy children and in seven adolescents/young adults in this region reaffirms the endemic occurrence of C. gattii VGII-induced primary cryptococcosis and early cryptococcal infection. Lethality occurred in 18/37 (48.6 percent) of the HIV-positive subjects and in 13/26 (50 percent) of the HIV-negative patients. Our results provide new information on the molecular epidemiology of C. neoformans and C. gattii in Brazilian endemic areas.
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Asunto principal:
Meningitis Criptocócica
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Infecciones Oportunistas Relacionadas con el SIDA
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Cryptococcus gattii
Límite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Anciano
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Niño
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitología
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Instituto de Doenças Tropicais Natan Portella/BR
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Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas-Fiocruz/BR
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/BR
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Universidade Federal do Piauí/BR
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