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15310332

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
Cryptococcosis was diagnosed postmortem in a striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys barbarus) housed in the nocturnal department of Antwerp Zoo. Eight of the remaining mice in the cage were captured. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated from the lung of one animal. Two mice had an elevated serum cryptococcal antigen titre. On examination of the pooled faecal samples collected from 17 animal species housed in 23 cages of the nocturnal department, the pathogenic yeast was isolated from the faeces of the striped grass mice and a degu (Octodon degus). Numerous Cr. neoformans colonies were isolated from a tree-trunk, tree-stumps, and decaying wood collected from a hollow tree used to decorate the animals cage. Subsequent examination in four other cages of the nocturnal department revealed that all the sampled tree-trunks were colonized by Cr. neoformans. The fungus was isolated from the air sampled in the cage of the degu. Air samples collected in the public and service corridors remained negative. All the isolated strains were identified as Cr. neoformans var. neoformans serotype A.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0933-7407
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
292-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans in Antwerp Zoo's nocturnal house.
pubmed:affiliation
Veterinary Department, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. luc.bauwens@zooantwerpen.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article