Environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans from Vellore.

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dc.contributor.authorAbraham, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorMatthews, M Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorJohn, T Jen_US
dc.date.accessioned1997-11-07en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T07:28:40Z
dc.date.available1997-11-07en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T07:28:40Z
dc.date.issued1997-11-07en_US
dc.description.abstractWe have isolated C. neoformans from various environmental niches, including our hospital environment. Twenty one samples of weathered pigeon droppings and 86 samples of Eucalyptus bark and debris were collected from various sites around the hospital and college. C. neoformans var. neoformans was isolated from 14 of the 21 (67%) samples of weathered droppings of pigeons collected from the ledges of windows of wards and departmental buildings in the hospital. C. neoformans was not isolated from any of the Eucalyptus samples. These findings document for the first time the presence of C. neoformans var. neoformans in the hospital environment. Although ubiquitous in the environment, its presence in hospital surroundings stresses the need for systematic cleaning of sites inhabited by pigeons. However, we failed to isolate C. neoformans from the limited number of Eucalyptus samples examined.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Microbiology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAbraham M, Matthews MS, John TJ. Environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans from Vellore. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 1997 Nov; 106(): 458-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/20867
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/ijmr.htmen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshColumbidae --microbiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshCryptococcus neoformans --isolation & purificationen_US
dc.subject.meshEnvironmental Microbiologyen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans from Vellore.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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