DNA TYPING SUGGESTS PIGEON DROPPINGS AS A SOURCE OF PATHOGENIC CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS SEROTYPE-D

Authors
GARCIAHERMOSO D MATHOULINPELISSIER S COUPRIE B RONIN O DUPONT B DROMER F
Citation
D. Garciahermoso et al., DNA TYPING SUGGESTS PIGEON DROPPINGS AS A SOURCE OF PATHOGENIC CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS SEROTYPE-D, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(10), 1997, pp. 2683-2685
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2683 - 2685
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:10<2683:DTSPDA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The unusual proportion of serotype D strains of Cryptococcus neoforman s infecting patients diagnosed with cryptococcosis in some parts of Fr ance prompted the analysis of DNA fingerprints obtained with 26 clinic al and 29 environmental isolates from the same area. Our results sugge st that pigeon droppings are a potential source of pathogenic strains of C. neoformans serotype D, as previously demonstrated for serotype A .