| cryptococcus neoformans/cryptococcus gattii species complex in southern italy: an overview on the environmental diffusion of serotypes, genotypes and mating-types. | given the lack of comprehensive molecular epidemiology studies in reggio calabria and messina, italy, we decided to perform an extensive environmental sampling to describe the current molecular epidemiology of c. neoformans/c. gattii species complex in southern italy. in this study, we report the occurrence of serotypes, genotypes and mating-types of isolates of the c. neoformans/c. gattii species complex recovered from environmental sources. in addition, a number of environmental c. neoformans ... | 2012 | 22531979 |
| environmental isolation of cryptococcus gattii serotype b, vgi/matĪ± strains in southern italy. | until recently, cryptococcus gattii was believed to be endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. to date, it has unexpectedly emerged as primary pathogen in temperate climate indicating that it has evolved and adapted to new environmental conditions including those existing in the mediterranean area. earlier attempts to isolate c. gattii from our environment were unsuccessful but this time, 18 years after the last environmental screening for c. neoformans, we isolated c. gattii from eucalyptu ... | 2011 | 21253853 |