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Isolation of Cryptococcus species including C. neoformans from cloaca of pigeons
Author(s) -
Rosario I.,
Hermoso de Mendoza M.,
Déniz S.,
Soro G.,
Álamo I.,
Acosta B.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01153.x
Subject(s) - cryptococcus neoformans , biology , cryptococcus , cryptococcosis , microbiology and biotechnology , isolation (microbiology) , cloaca , zoology , anatomy
Summary Upper digestive tract of the pigeon ( Columba livia ) is well known as a reservoir for different species of Cryptococcus , but lower portions are not so frequently studied. In the present study, we tested on selective media a total of 331 pigeon cloacal swabs; Cryptococcus spp. were recovered from 26 (7.85%). Cryptococcus uniguttulatus was isolated from 11 samples (3.32%), C. laurentii from six (1.81%), C. neoformans var. neoformans from six (1.81%) and C. albidus from three of them (0.91%). The results show the importance of pigeon in the cryptococcosis epidemiology as reservoir and carrier for C. neoformans var. neoformans , but also for other Cryptococcus species of increasing clinical interest.