Aislamiento de Cryptococcus neoformans a partir de suelos en Panama / Cryptococcus neoformans isolation from the soil in Panama
Rev. méd. Panamá
;
24(1): 4-6, Jan.-May 1999.
Artigo
em Espanhol
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RESUMO
Reports of Cryptococcus neoformans isolations from patients in Panama have appeared since 1978, but to our knowledge, thIs is the first report of isolation of this organism from soil samples in the Republic. Of 25 soil samples analyzed, two (25%) yielded the organism on birdseed agar medium. Canavanine-glycine-bromthymol blue medium served to identify the isolates as belonging to C. neorformans var neoformans, and not C. Neoformans var. gattii. Initially, isolates did not have capsules, but upon passage through newborn mice, wide capsules developed. This finding has important public health implications, since non-encapsulated environmental organisms, once in the host, can develop capsules, which significantly contribute to virulence
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Microbiologia do Solo
/
Cryptococcus neoformans
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
País/Região como assunto:
América Central
/
Panamá
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Panamá
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Panamá
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