| occurrence of penicillium marneffei infections among wild bamboo rats in thailand. | penicilliosis marneffei has emerged as an endemic systemic mycosis in southeast asia among humans and wild bamboo rats. to gain an insight into the epidemiology of this life-threatening disease, a survey of bamboo rats for natural infections by penicillium marneffei was carried out in the central plains of thailand during june-september, 1987. thirty-one lesser bamboo rats (cannomys badius) and eight hoary bamboo rats (rhizomys pruinosus) were trapped. portions of their internal organs were cult ... | 1995 | 8532047 |
| rhizomys sumatrensis and cannomys badius, new natural animal hosts of penicillium marneffei. | the incidence of penicillium marneffei infection has increased substantially, especially in persons with hiv infection. very little is known about the natural reservoirs or animal hosts of p. marneffei. this pathogenic fungus was first isolated from a species of bamboo rat (rhizomys sinensis) in vietnam and later from another rodent species, r. pruinosus. we studied a total of 75 captured bamboo rats; p. marneffei could be isolated from the internal organs of 13 of 14 (92.8%) of large bamboo rat ... | 1996 | 8732355 |
| restriction endonuclease analysis of penicillium marneffei. | forty-six isolates of penicillium marneffei were differentiated into two dna types on the basis of their restriction fragment length polymorphisms. of the 22 human isolates of p. marneffei, 16 (72.7%) were type i and 6 (27.3%) were type ii. of the 23 bamboo rat isolates, 20 from rhizomys sumatrensis were type i and 3 from cannomys badius were type ii. the soil isolate was type ii. these data represent the first molecular epidemiological study of this important emerging fungal pathogen. | 1996 | 8784605 |
| role of cannomys badius as a natural animal host of penicillium marneffei in india. | infection by penicillium marneffei in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in india has recently been described; the aim of our study was to survey wild rodents and their associated environment in order to identify the natural populations of this fungus. surveys recovered p. marneffei from the internal organs of 10 (9.1%) of 110 bamboo rats (cannomys badius) examined from manipur state, india, an area endemic for penicilliosis marneffei. identification of the isolates was based on a de ... | 2004 | 15528698 |
| penicillium marneffei--an indicator disease of aids: a case report. | penicillium marneffei (pm), the only dimorphic species of the genus penicillium is the etiological agent of penicilliosis marneffei. this opportunistic fungal infection occurs among human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infected and other immunocompromised patient in several regions of south-east asia, where the infection is considered as an indicator disease of aids. a case of penicilliosis marneffei is reported in a patient whose hiv status was unknown and later turned to be in the late stage of ... | 2007 | 17883182 |
| occurrence of pathogenic fungi in soil of burrows of rats and of other sites in bamboo plantations in india and nepal. | this study examined 215 samples of soil from burrows of rats, other sites in bamboo plantations in different parts of india and nepal by dilution plating and mouse passage technique for occurrence of penicillium marneffei and other pathogenic fungi. none of the samples including 25 collected from the burrows of a bamboo rat (cannomys badius) known to be a carrier of p. marneffei, was positive for the fungus. among the pathogenic fungi recovered were four isolates of pseudallescheria boydii (incl ... | 2007 | 17944715 |
| dental morphology of the lesser bamboo rat, cannomys badius (rodentia, spalacidae). | cannomys and rhizomys are the sole living genera of the tribe rhizomyini (rhizomyinae, spalacidae, rodentia), known in the fossil record since the late miocene. the dental morphology of fossil rhizomyini has been described in detail but until recently such descriptions were unavailable for extant species. a detailed account of the morphology and dental wear pattern of the cheek teeth of cannomys badius is provided here based on the examination of museum specimens. three stages of wear are recogn ... | 2012 | 23166472 |