Serotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from clinical and environmental sources in Spain

We determined biovars and serotypes of 154 isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from clinical and environmental sources from different areas of Spain. All clinical isolates belonged to C. neoformans var. neoformans. Serotypes showed an irregular distribution. C. neoformans var. gattii serotype B was...

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Published inJournal of clinical microbiology Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 1170 - 1172
Main Authors BARO, T, TORRES-RODRIGUEZ, J. M, MORERA, Y, ALIA, C, LOPEZ, O, MENDEZ, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.04.1999
SeriesNote
Subjects
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - microbiology
AIDS/HIV
Animals
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Biological and medical sciences
Cryptococcosis - epidemiology
Cryptococcosis - microbiology
Cryptococcosis - veterinary
Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans - classification
Cryptococcus neoformans - isolation & purification
Environmental Microbiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Goat Diseases - epidemiology
Goat Diseases - microbiology
Goats - microbiology
Humans
Lung Diseases, Fungal - epidemiology
Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology
Lung Diseases, Fungal - veterinary
Microbiology
Mycology
Pathogenicity, host-agent relations, miscellaneous strains, epidemiology
Serotyping
Spain - epidemiology
Southern Europe
Europe
Spain
Fungi
Human
Yeast
Prevalence
Cryptococcus neoformans
Geographic distribution
Animal
Environment
Fungi Imperfecti
Serotype
Epidemiology
Thallophyta
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Summary:We determined biovars and serotypes of 154 isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from clinical and environmental sources from different areas of Spain. All clinical isolates belonged to C. neoformans var. neoformans. Serotypes showed an irregular distribution. C. neoformans var. gattii serotype B was isolated from necropsy specimens from goats with pulmonary disease.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Clinical and Experimental Mycology Research Group, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Doctor Aiguader 80, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain. Phone: 34-93-2211009. Fax: 34-93-2213237. E-mail: jmtorres@imim.es.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/jcm.37.4.1170-1172.1999