Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii infection in northern Australia: existence of an environmental source other than known host eucalypts

被引：37

作者：

Chen, SCA

Currie, BJ

Campbell, HM

Fisher, DA

Pfeiffer, TJ

Ellis, DH

Sorrell, TC

机构：

[1] UNIV SYDNEY,SYDNEY,NSW 2006,AUSTRALIA

[2] ROYAL DARWIN HOSP,MENZIES SCH HLTH RES,DARWIN,NT,AUSTRALIA

[3] WOMENS & CHILDRENS HOSP,ADELAIDE,SA,AUSTRALIA

来源：

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 1997年 / 91卷 / 05期

基金：

英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii; environmental source; Australia;

D O I：

10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90021-3

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The 2 known host trees of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. tereticornis, do not occur naturally in the 'Top End' of the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. Nine clinical isolates of C. neoformans var. gattii from the NT were analysed by random amplification of polymorphic deoxyribonucleic acid (RAPD) and polymerase chain reaction 'fingerprinting'. Two isolates were assigned to RAPD profile VGI, previously established as the common RAPD profile. The remaining 7 were assigned to profile VGII; 6 of these isolates were recovered from individuals living in the 'Top End'. The results strongly support the existence of an alternative environmental niche for C. neoformans var. gattii, as all isolates from Eucalyptus spp. in Australia to date have been of RAPD profile VGI.

引用

页码：547 / 550

页数：4

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