Journal
MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 7, Pages 794-797Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myw138
Keywords
Cryptococcus neoformans; Cryptococcus gattii; environment; niche; Colombia
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- Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion Colciencias [2011-3600115683]
- Instituto Nacional de Salud
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Knowledge of the environmental distribution of C. neoformans/C. gattii is important in the epidemiology and ecology of the etiological agent, which causes cryptococcosis, a deadly disease worldwide. The aim of this report is to describe the presence of C. neoformans/C. gattii in new environmental niches in Colombia. A total of 837 environmental samples were collected from six different species of trees across four cities; molecular type was determined by PCR fingerprinting and RFLP. Molecular type VNI and VGIII were isolated from different species of trees, resulting in two novel niches for this pathogen: Tabebuia guayacan and Roystonea regia.
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