| human penicilliosis marneffei and its relation to the bamboo rat (rhizomys pruinosus). | fourteen cases of penicilliosis marneffei occurred in persons in the guangxi region of the people's republic of china; the first known case of that disease had been found in vietnamese bamboo rats (rhizomys sinensis). a survey of the wild rats in this region was initiated to determine if any of these animals were infected by penicillium marneffei. although r. sinensis rats live in the study area, they are relatively rare. the only rats captured were another species of bamboo rat (r. pruinosus). ... | 1986 | 3783360 |
| 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 |
| the validity of different zokor species and the genus eospalax inferred from mitochondrial gene sequences. | to help resolve the systematic position of myospalacine (zokors) and to clarify the phylogenetic relationships among zokor species, complete mitochondrial 12s rrna and cytochrome b gene sequences were determined for seven zokor species from china. phylogenetic relationships among all extant zokors, except the siberian zokor (myospalax myospalax) and smith's zokor (eospalax smithi), were reconstructed with the chinese bamboo rat (rhizomys sinensis) as an outgroup. our results support the generic ... | 2008 | 21396079 |
| occurrence of novel and rare subtype families of cryptosporidium in bamboo rats (rhizomys sinensis) in china. | this report is the first to describe cryptosporidium infection in bamboo rats (rhizomys sinensis). ninety-two fresh fecal specimens were collected from a pet market in ya'an city, china. one cryptosporidium isolate from an asymptomatic host and two isolates from separate hosts with diarrhea were obtained by using sheather's sucrose flotation technique and modified acid-fast staining. the cryptosporidium spp. were genotyped by nested pcr and nucleotide sequencing of the small subunit rrna (ssu rr ... | 2015 | 25499825 |
| [diversity and bioactivities of cultured actinomycete isolated from animal feces and xylocopa dissimilis]. | to study the diversity and bioactivities of cultured actinomycete from feces of ailuropoda melanoleuca, equus burchelli and rhizomys sinensis, and xylocopa dissimilis body. | 2009 | 20030051 |
| molecular authentication of the animal crude drug sailonggu (bone of myospalax baileyi). | two pairs of allele-specific diagnostic primers (sl1l/sl1h and sl2l/sl2h) for distinguishing the chinese crude drug sailonggu (bone of plateau zokor, myospalax baileyi) from its substitutes were designed based on complete sequences of mitochondrial 12s rrna and cytochrome b genes of the original animals of myospalacinae, bamboo rat rhizomys sinensis and black lipped pika ochotona curzoniae. total dna was extracted from crude drug samples and original animals. allele-specific diagnostic pcrs were ... | 2004 | 15516736 |
| [penicillium marneffei infection and aids. a review of 12 cases reported in the tropical diseases centre, ho chi minh city (vietnam)]. | penicillium marneffei is a thermal dimorphic fungus which is endemic in an ecologic niche restricted to the far east and which may cause deep-seated infection in humans and rodents. discovered in the late 1950s from the bamboo rat rhizomys sinensis, in vietnam, p. marneffei was initially identified in hiv-infected individuals. a disseminated and progressive infection, it is the third most common opportunistic morbidity in the late course of hiv infection. we report the clinical and therapeutic f ... | 2003 | 14693474 |
| 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 |
| prevalence and diversity of cryptosporidium spp. in bamboo rats (rhizomys sinensis) in south central china. | cryptosporidium is one of the most prevalent zoonotic parasites and is responsible for the high burden of diarrheal disease across the globe. rodents are globally overpopulated and are reservoirs for a variety of zoonotic pathogens. bamboo rats are a common species of rodent that are bred for meat and wool in china. however, the genetic characterization of cryptosporidium in bamboo rats in china is limited. the aim of this study was to determine the occurrence and genetic characterization of cry ... | 2019 | 31341769 |
| dominance of zoonotic genotype d of enterocytozoon bieneusi in bamboo rats (rhizomys sinensis). | enterocytozoon bieneusi is an emerging zoonotic intestinal pathogen that infects humans and various animal species. here, we aimed to determine the infection rate and genetic characteristics of e. bieneusi from bamboo rats from different regions of china using nested polymerase chain reaction-based amplification of the internal transcribed spacer region of the rrna gene. a total of 435 bamboo rats fecal samples were collected from individual tank from guangdong, hunan, jiangxi, chongqing, and gu ... | 2019 | 31029793 |
| common occurrence of divergent cryptosporidium species and cryptosporidium parvum subtypes in farmed bamboo rats (rhizomys sinensis). | bamboo rats are widely farmed in southern china for meat, but their potential in transmitting pathogens to humans and other farm animals remains unclear. | 2020 | 32204732 |
| [penicillosis from rhizomys sinensis]. | | 2014 | 13364636 |
| complete mitochondrial genome of chinese bamboo rat, rhizomys sinensis and species divergence comparison. | the chinese bamboo rat rhizomys sinensis belongs to family spalacidae, and is distributed in china, myanmar, and vietnam. in this study, the entire mitochondrial genome of r. sinensis was firstly determined. the genome is 16,564 bases in length, containing 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer rna genes, 2 ribosomal rna genes and a putative control region. the composition and arrangement of its genes are identical to most other mammals. the whole base composition of the mitogenome is a 31.9%, g 1 ... | 2016 | 25264842 |
| does the morphology of the ear of the chinese bamboo rat (rhizomys sinensis) show "subterranean" characteristics? | in spite of the growing interest in rodents with subterranean activity in general and the spalacids (spalacidae) in particular, little is known about the biology of most members of this clade, such as the chinese bamboo rat (rhizomys sinensis). here, we analyzed the ear morphology of r. sinensis with respect to hearing specialization for subterranean or aboveground modes of communication. it is well-known that ecology and style of life of a particular species can be reflected in morphology of it ... | 2016 | 26880690 |
| investigation and characterization of β-lactam resistance in escherichia coli strains isolated from bamboo rats (rhizomys sinensis) in zhejiang province, china. | this study was undertaken to investigate drug resistance in escherichia coli (e. coli) strains isolated from bamboo rats in zhejiang province of china. one hundred and fifty-four e. coli strains were isolated from dead bamboo rats. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) was used to detect the representative genes encoding resistance to commonly used β-lactam antibiotics. highest resistance was observed for cefradine (24.03%), followed by penicillin (20.78%) and ceftazidime (20.13%). the isolation rates ... | 2017 | 28819087 |
| the crystal structure of the endoglucanase cel10, a family 8 glycosyl hydrolase from klebsiella pneumoniae. | cellulases are produced by microorganisms that grow on cellulose biomass. here, a cellulase, cel10, was identified in a strain of klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from chinese bamboo rat gut. analysis of substrate specificity showed that cel10 is able to hydrolyze amorphous carboxymethyl cellulose (cmc) and crystalline forms of cellulose (avicel and xylan) but is unable to hydrolyze p-nitrophenol β-d-glucopyranoside (p-npg), proving that cel10 is an endoglucanase. a phylogenetic tree analysis indi ... | 2016 | 27917834 |
| microsatellite loci for the chinese bamboo rat rhizomus sinensis. | we describe 19 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the bamboo rat rhizomus sinensis. when tested with 20 samples from a single population, these loci exhibited a mean of 4.5 alleles per locus and a mean expected heterozygosity of 0.612. all loci were in hardy-weinberg equilibrium and no evidence for linkage disequilibrium was detected between any loci. these loci will be useful for studying population genetic diversity and differentiation in the chinese bamboo rat. | 2009 | 21564899 |