| Title: | "The isolation, characterization and antifungal susceptibilities of Cryptococcus neoformans from bird excreta in Klang Valley, Malaysia" |
| Author(s): | Tay ST; Chai HC; Na SL; Hamimah H; Rohani MY; Soo-Hoo TS; |
| Address: | "Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. tayst@um.edu.my" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11046-005-3091-6 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0301-486X (Print) 0301-486X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The occurrence of Cryptococcus neoformans in bird excreta in Klang valley, Malaysia was determined in this study. Of 544 samples of bird excreta collected from a local zoo, pet shops and public areas, 20 strains of C. neoformans were isolated. All C. neoformans strains were serotype A and thus identified as C. neoformans variety grubii. All did not produce color changes on canavanine-glycine-bromothymol blue agar. All were of alpha-mating types, as determined by a pheromone-specific PCR assay. The antifungal susceptibility testing using agar diffusion method Neo-sensitabs showed that all were susceptible to amphotericin B, fluconazole and itraconazole" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Antifungal Agents/pharmacology Bird Diseases/epidemiology/*parasitology *Columbidae Cryptococcosis/epidemiology/parasitology/*veterinary Cryptococcus neoformans/*drug effects/*isolation & purification DNA, Protozoan/chemistry/genetics Feces/parasi;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineTay, S T Chai, H C Na, S L Hamimah, H Rohani, M Y Soo-Hoo, T S eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2005/06/29 Mycopathologia. 2005 Jun; 159(4):509-13. doi: 10.1007/s11046-005-3091-6" |
