Open AccessFungi isolated from selected birds potentially pathogenic to humans
Author(s) -
Maria Dynowska,
Iwona Kisicka
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta mycologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2353-074X
pISSN - 0001-625X
DOI - 10.5586/am.2005.013
Subject(s) - biology , aspergillus fumigatus , microbiology and biotechnology , aspergillus flavus , aspergillus , candida albicans , sporothrix , cloaca , ecology , immunology , sporotrichosis
The mycology of swabs collected from the beak and the cloaca in 4 species of mud and water waders, migrating through various climatic zones,was analysed. Diagnostic standards were used 54 isolates of fungi belonging to 5 genera: Aspergillus - 53.9%, Rhodotorula - 19.6%, Candida - 14.8%, Saccharomyces - 6.9%, and Torulopsis - 4.8%, were obtained. A total number of 15 species of which Aspergillus fumigatus and A.flavus as well as Candida albicans, C. tropicalis and C. glabrata are of the greatest significance in epidemiology of mycoses, was recorded. Numerous fungi were isolated from the cloaca, which indicates that the birds examined are carriers and suggasts that they may take an active part in thc transmission of fungi that arc dangerous for humans and that colonise water reservoirs