| cryptococcus albidus isolated from pigeon excreta in taiwan. | cryptococcus albidus (saito) skinner, found frequently in the air of el-minia, egypt; in new zealand and budapest, and isolated occasionally from clinical specimens, has now been recognized as the cause of human diseases. since isolation of this fungus from pigeon droppings has not previously been reported, this first paper reports results of its drug-susceptibility testing to gentamicin and 5-fluorocytosine, as well as its fungal cell antigenic cross reactivity with c. neoformans as detected by ... | 1992 | 1342644 |
| characterization of yeasts colonizing in healthy individuals. | opportunistic yeast pathogens may switch from harmless commensal to pathogenic relationships with the host under different conditions. they usually cause superficial infections, but may be the agents of more significant infections in immunocompromised patients. to investigate yeast colonization in the oral cavities of clinically healthy individuals, we collected oral swabs from 323 students and staff at the national health research institutes, taiwan. a total of 49 (15.2%) volunteers were coloni ... | 2011 | 20491531 |