| prevalence, serotypes and mating patterns of cryptococcus neoformans in the pellets of different avifauna in madras, india. | a total of 887 pellets of different avifauna were screened for the presence of cryptococcus neoformans. one hundred and six of 887 samples (12%) yielded cr. neoformans in culture. the report on the isolation of cr. neoformans from the pellets of the crow appears to be new and of greater significance because of the ubiquitous prevalence of this bird in india. the prevalence of both mat a and mat alpha mating types were recorded. the serotype d was predominant over serotype a. the findings of the ... | 2004 | 15310336 |
| environmental isolation of cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii from living trees in guindy national park, chennai, south india. | we report for the first time the environmental isolation of cryptococcus neoformans from decaying wood and bark debris of living trees in guindy national park, chennai, south india. of the 40 trees screened, four isolates of cryptococcus species were recovered of which two were cryptococcus gattii, one was c. neoformans and one was untypable. the isolation of c. neoformans from eucalyptus globulus and c. gattii from cassia marginata in this study constitutes the first record of the natural occur ... | 2010 | 19389069 |
| the expanding host tree species spectrum of cryptococcus gattii and cryptococcus neoformans and their isolations from surrounding soil in india. | this study reports the widespread prevalence of cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii in decayed wood inside trunk hollows of 14 species representing 12 families of trees and from soil near the base of various host trees from delhi and several places in the indian states of uttar pradesh, haryana, tamil nadu and chandigarh union territory. of the 311 trees from which samples were obtained, 64 (20.5%) were found to contain strains of the c. neoformans species complex. the number of tree ... | 2008 | 18608895 |