Linked Life Data

12436791

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/12436791

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Reports of Cryptococcus neoformans isolations from patients in Panama have appeared since 1978, but to our knowledge, thIs is the first report of isolation of this organism from soil samples in the Republic. Of 25 soil samples analyzed, two (25%) yielded the organism on birdseed agar medium. Canavanine-glycine-bromthymol blue medium served to identify the isolates as belonging to C. neorformans var neoformans, and not C. Neoformans var. gattii. Initially, isolates did not have capsules, but upon passage through newborn mice, wide capsules developed. This finding has important public health implications, since non-encapsulated environmental organisms, once in the host, can develop capsules, which significantly contribute to virulence.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0379-1629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Cryptococcus neoformans isolation from the soil in Panama].
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Microbiología, Area de Micología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Panamá.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract