SEROTYPING OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS ISOLATES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ANDCLINICAL SOURCES IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ITALY (CALABRIA AND SICILY, CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN AREA)

Authors
CRISEO G GALLO M
Citation
G. Criseo et M. Gallo, SEROTYPING OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS ISOLATES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ANDCLINICAL SOURCES IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ITALY (CALABRIA AND SICILY, CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN AREA), Mycoses, 40(3-4), 1997, pp. 95-100
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
40
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
95 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1997)40:3-4<95:SOCIFE>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Ninety-seven environmental and four clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from several localities in extreme southern Italy were sero typed. All proved to be Cr. neoformans var. neoformans serotype A. The homogeneity of the serotypes suggests that geographical climatologica l conditions may play a role in Cr. neoformans serotype diffusion. It was furthermore revealed that, unlike the data reported for the seroty pes of Cr. neoformans in mainland Italy, Cr. neoformans serotype D was not present in the examined sites in extreme southern Italy.