Isolation of human fungi from soil and identification of two endemic areas of Cryptococcus neoformans and Coccidioides immitis.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 31(1): 1-6, 1989.
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ABSTRACT
The present study was carried out in two different areas of Province of Cordoba, Argentina, where there was a suspicious of endemic mycosis. The previous data were the presence of a clinical case of pulmonary cryptococcosis in one area (Alta Gracia) and the previous findings of a high incidence of coccidioidin and cryptococcin reactors in the population of the second one (Villa Dolores). In both areas soil samples for fungi were studied and Cryptococcus neoformans was found in 2/25 samples from Alta Gracia. In Villa Dolores Coccidioides immitis was isolated in 2/40 samples, and C. neoformans in 1/40 samples. Delayed hypersensitivity test with cryptococcin was determined in the population from Alta Gracia and it was found to be 5.3%. Positive cutaneous tests with coccidioidin (33.8%) and cryptococcin (31.9%) in Villa Dolores were obtained. With these findings two endemic areas of systemic mycoses in Cordoba, Argentina were delimited.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Microbiología del Suelo
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Coccidioides
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Coccidioidomicosis
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Criptococosis
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Cryptococcus
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Cryptococcus neoformans
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como asunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
En
Año:
1989
Tipo del documento:
Article