| isolation of cryptococcus neoformans in dry droppings of captive birds in santiago, chile. | to investigate the prevalence of cryptococcus in droppings from captive birds in chile, dry droppings from 113 captive birds of various species were cultured for cryptococcus neoformans. the yeast was recovered from 17 of the 113 samples (15% [95% confidence intervals, 8.4%-21.6%]). other yeast organisms recovered from psittacine bird droppings were cryptococcus albidus and cryptococcus uniguttulatus. secreted phospholipase has been proposed as a virulence determinant in c neoformans. phospholip ... | 2010 | 21046943 |