cryptococcus neoformans isolated from passerine and psittacine bird excreta in the state of paraná, brazil. | cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic basidiomycete yeast that causes life-threatening infections as meningoencephalitis primarily in immunocompromised hosts, generally associated with aids. the source of this organism is mainly pigeon excreta; however, other avian species' excreta are implicated as a source of this yeast. the occurrence of c. neoformans and cryptococcus gattii in bird excreta in the state of paraná in brazil was determined in this study. a total of 141 samples of passerin ... | 2008 | 18459065 |