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Hatvani L, Homa M, Chenthamara K, Cai F, Kocsubé S, Atanasova L, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Manikandan P, Revathi R, Dóczi I, Bogáts G, Narendran V, Büchner R, Vágvölgyi C, Druzhinina IS, Kredics L. Agricultural systems as potential sources of emerging human mycoses caused by Trichoderma: a successful, common phylotype of Trichoderma longibrachiatum in the frontline. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2020; 366:5670621. [PMID: 31816013 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Trichoderma species are abundant in different agricultural habitats, but some representatives of this genus, mainly clade Longibrachiatum members are also emerging as causative agents of various human diseases with even fatal outcome. Strains of these species frequently show resistance to commonly used azole antifungals. Based on previous data it is hypothesized that Trichoderma isolates identified in human infections derive from environmental-including agricultural-origins. We examined Trichoderma longibrachiatum Rifai and Trichoderma bissettii Sandoval-Denis & Guarro strains recovered from four novel cases of human mycoses, along with isolates from previous case reports and different agricultural habitats, using multilocus phylogenetic analysis, BIOLOG Phenotype Microarrays and Etest. Strains attributed to T. bissettii were more abundant in both clinical and agricultural specimens compared to T. longibrachiatum. The majority of the isolates of both taxa could tolerate >256, >32 and >32 μg/ml fluconazole, itraconazole and posaconazole, respectively. None of the obtained results revealed characteristic differences between strains of clinical and agricultural origin, nor between the two taxa, supporting that agricultural environments may be significant sources of infections caused by these emerging human fungal pathogens. Furthermore, based on our findings we propose the re-classification of T. bissettii as T. longibrachiatum f. sp. bissettii.
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- Lóránt Hatvani
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary.,MTA-SZTE "Lendület" Mycobiome Research Group, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary.,MTA-SZTE "Lendület" Fungal Pathogenicity Mechanisms Research Group, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Microbiology and Applied Genomics Group, Research Area Biochemical Technology, Institute of Chemical, Environmental & Bioscience Engineering (ICEBE), Gumpendorferstrasse 1a/E166-5., TU Wien, Vienna, 1060, Austria
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- Microbiology and Applied Genomics Group, Research Area Biochemical Technology, Institute of Chemical, Environmental & Bioscience Engineering (ICEBE), Gumpendorferstrasse 1a/E166-5., TU Wien, Vienna, 1060, Austria.,Fungal Genomics Group, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang No. 1., Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Department of Food Sciences and Technology, Institute of Food Technology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18., Vienna, 1190, Austria
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- Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Rockefellerova 2., Zagreb, 10000, Croatia (retired)
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Academic City, Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia.,Greenlink Analytical and Research Laboratory India Private Ltd, Tex Park Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641 014, India
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- Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641 014, India
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- Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6., Szeged, 6725, Hungary
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 8., Szeged, 6725, Hungary
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- Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641 014, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary.,Doctoral School of Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Microbiology and Applied Genomics Group, Research Area Biochemical Technology, Institute of Chemical, Environmental & Bioscience Engineering (ICEBE), Gumpendorferstrasse 1a/E166-5., TU Wien, Vienna, 1060, Austria.,Fungal Genomics Group, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang No. 1., Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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Cogliati M, Desnos-Ollivier M, McCormick-Smith I, Rickerts V, Ferreira-Paim K, Meyer W, Boekhout T, Hagen F, Theelen B, Inácio J, Alonso B, Colom MF, Trilles L, Montagna MT, De Donno A, Susever S, Ergin C, Velegraki A, Ellabib MS, Nardoni S, Macci C, Trovato L, Dipineto L, Akcaglar S, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Bertout S, Vencá ACF, Sampaio AC, Criseo G, Ranque S, Çerikçioğlu N, Marchese A, Vezzulli L, Ilkit M, Pasquale V, Polacheck I, Lockhart SR. Genotypes and population genetics of cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii species complexes in Europe and the mediterranean area. Fungal Genet Biol 2019; 129:16-29. [PMID: 30953839 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A total of 476 European isolates (310 Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii, 150 C. neoformans var. neoformans, and 16 C. gattii species complex) from both clinical and environmental sources were analyzed by multi-locus sequence typing. Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses were performed. Sequence analysis identified 74 sequence types among C. neoformans var. neoformans (VNIV), 65 among C. neoformans var. grubii (56 VNI, 8 VNII, 1 VNB), and 5 among the C. gattii species complex (4 VGI and 1 VGIV) isolates. ST23 was the most frequent genotype (22%) among VNI isolates which were mostly grouped in a large clonal cluster including 50% of isolates. Among VNIV isolates, a predominant genotype was not identified. A high percentage of autochthonous STs were identified in both VNI (71%) and VNIV (96%) group of isolates. The 16 European C. gattii species complex isolates analyzed in the present study originated all from the environment and all belonged to a large cluster endemic in the Mediterranean area. Population genetic analysis confirmed that VNI group of isolates were characterized by low variability and clonal expansion while VNIV by a higher variability and a number of recombination events. However, when VNI and VNIV environmental isolates were compared, they showed a similar population structure with a high percentage of shared mutations and the absence of fixed mutations. Also linkage disequilibrium analysis reveals differences between clinical and environmental isolates showing a key role of PLB1 allele combinations in host infection as well as the key role of LAC1 allele combinations for survival of the fungus in the environment. The present study shows that genetic comparison of clinical and environmental isolates represents a first step to understand the genetic characteristics that cause the shift of some genotypes from a saprophytic to a parasitic life style.
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- Massimo Cogliati
- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
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- Institut Pasteur, Molecular Mycology Unit, National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses & Antifungal, CNRS UMR2000, Paris, France
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Center for Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, Marie Bashier Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, (Research and Educational Network) Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Center for Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, Marie Bashier Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, (Research and Educational Network) Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamic (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IisGM), Hospital Gegorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- National Research Council, Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), Pisa, Italy
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- Unité Mixte Internationale "Recherches Translationnelles sur l'infection à VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses", Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, CITAB, Quinta dos Prados, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Italy
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- Aix-Marseille University, IRD, APHM, SSA, VITROME, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Sezione di Microbiologia del DISC, Università di Genova-IRCCS Policlinico San Martino Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- University of Çukurova Sarıçam, Adana, Turkey
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Cogliati M, Puccianti E, Montagna MT, De Donno A, Susever S, Ergin C, Velegraki A, Ellabib MS, Nardoni S, Macci C, Trovato L, Dipineto L, Rickerts V, Akcaglar S, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Bertout S, Vencà AC, Sampaio AC, Criseo G, Ranque S, Çerikçioğlu N, Marchese A, Vezzulli L, Ilkit M, Desnos-Ollivier M, Pasquale V, Polacheck I, Scopa A, Meyer W, Ferreira-Paim K, Hagen F, Boekhout T, Dromer F, Varma A, Kwon-Chung KJ, Inácio J, Colom MF. Fundamental niche prediction of the pathogenic yeastsCryptococcus neoformansandCryptococcus gattiiin Europe. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:4318-4325. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Massimo Cogliati
- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milano Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milano Italy
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- Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Athens Greece
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- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi (ISE), National Research Council (CNR); Pisa Italy
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- Unité Mixte Internationale “Recherches Translationnelles sur l'infection à VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses”; Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
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- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical; Lisbon Portugal
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, CITAB; Vila Real Quinta dos Prados Portugal
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences; University of Messina; Italy
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- Sezione di Microbiologia del DISC; Università di Genova-IRCCS San Martino IST Genova; Genova Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV); Università di Genova; Genova Italy
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- University of Çukurova Sarıçam; Adana Turkey
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- Università degli Studi della Basilicata; Potenza Italy
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, MBI, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital; University of Sydney/Westmead Millennium Institute; Westmead NSW Australia
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, MBI, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital; University of Sydney/Westmead Millennium Institute; Westmead NSW Australia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious-Diseases; Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital; Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, and Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamic Institute; University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Institut Pasteur, CNRS; Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire; Paris France
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Bethesda MD USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; University of Brighton; Brighton UK
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Cogliati M, D'Amicis R, Zani A, Montagna MT, Caggiano G, De Giglio O, Balbino S, De Donno A, Serio F, Susever S, Ergin C, Velegraki A, Ellabib MS, Nardoni S, Macci C, Oliveri S, Trovato L, Dipineto L, Rickerts V, McCormick-Smith I, Akcaglar S, Tore O, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Bertout S, Mallié M, Martins MDL, Vencà ACF, Vieira ML, Sampaio AC, Pereira C, Criseo G, Romeo O, Ranque S, Al-Yasiri MHY, Kaya M, Cerikcioglu N, Marchese A, Vezzulli L, Ilkit M, Desnos-Ollivier M, Pasquale V, Korem M, Polacheck I, Scopa A, Meyer W, Ferreira-Paim K, Hagen F, Theelen B, Boekhout T, Lockhart SR, Tintelnot K, Tortorano AM, Dromer F, Varma A, Kwon-Chung KJ, Inácio J, Alonso B, Colom MF. Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii around the Mediterranean basin. FEMS Yeast Res 2016; 16:fow086. [PMID: 27789540 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fow086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Massimo Cogliati
- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics, Cyprus Near East University, Near East Boulevard, 99138 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Medical School, Pamukkale University, Kliniki Kampusu, 20160 Denizli, Turkey
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- Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Medical College, University of Tripoli, Tripoli University Road, Tripoli, Libya
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- Dip. Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Via delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi (ISE), National Research Council (CNR), Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze Microbiologiche e Scienze Ginecologiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze Microbiologiche e Scienze Ginecologiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Dip. di Medicina Veterinaria e Produzioni Animali, University of Napoli Federico II, C.so Umberto I 40, 80138 Napoli, Italy
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- Dept. of Infeciuos Diseases, Robert-Koch Institute, D-13302 Berlin, Germany
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- School of Medicine, Uludag University, Gorukle Kampusu, 16059 Bursa, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Uludag University, Gorukle Kampusu, 16059 Bursa, Turkey
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- Unité Mixte Internationale 'Recherches Translationnelles sur l'infection à VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses', Université de Montpellier, 15 Avenue Charles Flahault, 34093 Montpellier, France
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- Unité Mixte Internationale 'Recherches Translationnelles sur l'infection à VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses', Université de Montpellier, 15 Avenue Charles Flahault, 34093 Montpellier, France
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- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal
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- CITAB, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta dos Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- CITAB, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta dos Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Piazza Pugliatti 1, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Piazza Pugliatti 1, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- IP-TPT Infections Parasitaires Transmission Pphysiopathologie et Therapeutiques, Aix-Marseille University, 27 Blv. Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- IP-TPT Infections Parasitaires Transmission Pphysiopathologie et Therapeutiques, Aix-Marseille University, 27 Blv. Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- School of Medicine, Marmara University, MÜ Göztepe Kampüsü, 34722 Istanbul, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Marmara University, MÜ Göztepe Kampüsü, 34722 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Sezione di Microbiologia del DISC, Università di Genova-IRCCS San Martino IST Genova, Largo Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università di Genova, C.so europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Dept. of Microbiology, University of Çukurova Sariçam, Çukurova Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü, 01330 Adana, Turkey
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- Institut Pasteur, CNRS, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Via Amm. F. Acton 38, 80133 Napoli, Italy
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- Div. of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12271 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Div. of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12271 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Ambientali, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via Nazario Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, MBI, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney/Westmead Millennium Institute, 176 Hawkesbury Rd, NSW 2145 Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, MBI, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney/Westmead Millennium Institute, 176 Hawkesbury Rd, NSW 2145 Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Weg door Jonkerbos 100, 6532 SZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333 Atlanta, USA
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- Dept. of Infeciuos Diseases, Robert-Koch Institute, D-13302 Berlin, Germany
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institut Pasteur, CNRS, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 31 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 Bethesda, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 31 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 Bethesda, USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, BN2 4GJ Brighton, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, BN2 4GJ Brighton, UK
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- Medical School, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avenida de la Universidad, 03202 Alicante, Spain
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Cogliati M, D'Amicis R, Zani A, Montagna MT, Caggiano G, De Giglio O, Balbino S, De Donno A, Serio F, Susever S, Ergin C, Velegraki A, Ellabib MS, Nardoni S, Macci C, Oliveri S, Trovato L, Dipineto L, Rickerts V, McCormick-Smith I, Akcaglar S, Tore O, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Bertout S, Mallié M, Martins MDL, Vencà ACF, Vieira ML, Sampaio AC, Pereira C, Criseo G, Romeo O, Ranque S, Al-Yasiri MHY, Kaya M, Cerikcioglu N, Marchese A, Vezzulli L, Ilkit M, Desnos-Ollivier M, Pasquale V, Korem M, Polacheck I, Scopa A, Meyer W, Ferreira-Paim K, Hagen F, Theelen B, Boekhout T, Lockhart SR, Tintelnot K, Tortorano AM, Dromer F, Varma A, Kwon-Chung KJ, Inácio J, Alonso B, Colom MF. Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii around the Mediterranean basin. FEMS Yeast Res 2016; 16:fow045. [PMID: 27188887 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fow045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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In order to elucidate the distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii in the Mediterranean basin, an extensive environmental survey was carried out during 2012-2015. A total of 302 sites located in 12 countries were sampled, 6436 samples from 3765 trees were collected and 5% of trees were found to be colonized by cryptococcal yeasts. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated from 177 trees and C. gattii from 13. Cryptococcus neoformans colonized 27% of Ceratonia, 10% of Olea, Platanus and Prunus trees and a lower percentage of other tree genera. The 13 C. gattii isolates were collected from five Eucalyptus, four Ceratonia, two Pinus and two Olea trees. Cryptococcus neoformans was distributed all around the Mediterranean basin, whereas C. gattii was isolated in Greece, Southern Italy and Spain, in agreement with previous findings from both clinical and environmental sources. Among C. neoformans isolates, VNI was the prevalent molecular type but VNII, VNIV and VNIII hybrid strains were also isolated. With the exception of a single VGIV isolate, all C. gattii isolates were VGI. The results confirmed the presence of both Cryptococcus species in the Mediterranean environment, and showed that both carob and olive trees represent an important niche for these yeasts.
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- Massimo Cogliati
- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche ed Oncologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics, Cyprus Near East University, Near East Boulevard, 99138 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Medical School, Pamukkale University, Kliniki Kampusu, 20160 Denizli, Turkey
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- Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Medical College, University of Tripoli, Tripoli University Road, Tripoli, Libya
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- Dip. Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Via delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi (ISE), National Research Council (CNR), Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze Microbiologiche e Scienze Ginecologiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze Microbiologiche e Scienze Ginecologiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Dip. di Medicina Veterinaria e Produzioni Animali, University of Napoli Federico II, C.so Umberto I 40, 80138 Napoli, Italy
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- Dept. of Infeciuos Diseases, Robert-Koch Institute, D-13302 Berlin, Germany
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- School of Medicine, Uludag University, Gorukle Kampusu, 16059 Bursa, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Uludag University, Gorukle Kampusu, 16059 Bursa, Turkey
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- Unité Mixte Internationale 'Recherches Translationnelles sur l'infection à VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses', Université de Montpellier, 15 Avenue Charles Flahault, 34093 Montpellier, France
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- Unité Mixte Internationale 'Recherches Translationnelles sur l'infection à VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses', Université de Montpellier, 15 Avenue Charles Flahault, 34093 Montpellier, France
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- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal
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- CITAB, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta dos Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- CITAB, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta dos Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Piazza Pugliatti 1, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Piazza Pugliatti 1, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- IP-TPT Infections Parasitaires Transmission Pphysiopathologie et Therapeutiques, Aix-Marseille University, 27 Blv. Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- IP-TPT Infections Parasitaires Transmission Pphysiopathologie et Therapeutiques, Aix-Marseille University, 27 Blv. Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- School of Medicine, Marmara University, MÜ Göztepe Kampüsü, 34722 Istanbul, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Marmara University, MÜ Göztepe Kampüsü, 34722 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Sezione di Microbiologia del DISC, Università di Genova-IRCCS San Martino IST Genova, Largo Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università di Genova, C.so europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Dept. of Microbiology, University of Çukurova Sariçam, Çukurova Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü, 01330 Adana, Turkey
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- Institut Pasteur, CNRS, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Via Amm. F. Acton 38, 80133 Napoli, Italy
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- Div. of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12271 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Div. of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12271 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Ambientali, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via Nazario Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, MBI, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney/Westmead Millennium Institute, 176 Hawkesbury Rd, NSW 2145 Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, MBI, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney/Westmead Millennium Institute, 176 Hawkesbury Rd, NSW 2145 Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Weg door Jonkerbos 100, 6532 SZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333 Atlanta, USA
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- Dept. of Infeciuos Diseases, Robert-Koch Institute, D-13302 Berlin, Germany
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- Dip. Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institut Pasteur, CNRS, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 31 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 Bethesda, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 31 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 Bethesda, USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, BN2 4GJ Brighton, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, BN2 4GJ Brighton, UK
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- Medical School, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avenida de la Universidad, 03202 Alicante, Spain
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Babic-Erceg A, Vilibic-Cavlek T, Erceg M, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Begovac J. Prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (2010-2013): the first Croatian report. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 2014; 61:181-8. [PMID: 24939686 DOI: 10.1556/amicr.61.2014.2.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pneumocystis jirovecii is an important cause of interstitial pneumonia particularly among immunocompromised hosts. We analysed the prevalence of P. jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients presented with interstitial pneumonia or acute respiratory syndrome hospitalized in six Croatian tertiary care hospitals. Over four-year period (2010-2013), a total of 328 lower respiratory tract samples: 253 (77.1%) bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, 43 (13.1%) tracheal aspirates and 32 (9.8%) bronchial aspirates from 290 patients were examined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCP was detected in 23 (7.9%) patients. The prevalence of PCP differed significantly among tested groups (χ2 = 95.03; d.f. = 3; p < 0.001). HIV-infected patients were more often positive (56.6%, 95%CI = 37.3-72.4) compared to other groups (patients with malignant disease 7.7%, 95%CI = 2.6-20.3; transplant patients 7.7%, 95%CI = 2.2-24.1; patients with other diagnosis 1.5%, 95%CI = 0.5-4.4). Majority of HIV-positive patients (80%) were newly diagnosed cases. Our results indicate that HIV-infected patients still represents the main risk group for P. jirovecii infection. PCP is responsible for pneumonia in 56.6% HIV-positive patients in Croatia, primarily those who do not know that they are HIV infected.
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- 1 Croatian National Institute of Public Health Zagreb Croatia
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Kalenic S, Jandrlic M, Vegar V, Zuech N, Sekulic A, Mlinaric-Missoni E. Hansenula anomala outbreak at a surgical intensive care unit: a search for risk factors. Eur J Epidemiol 2002; 17:491-6. [PMID: 11855583 DOI: 10.1023/a:1013739802940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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During a 5-month period, Hansenula anomala (H. anomala), an opportunistic fungus, caused an outbreak of infections in eight adult patients treated at a surgical intensive care unit (ICU). The source of the infections and route of transmission could not be identified. A case-control study included 32 patients treated simultaneously at the surgical ICU. Univariate analysis pointed to the following significant risk factors: blood alkalosis, reduced urea, duration of hospitalization, bacteremia and colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and an APACHE II score >17 (during bacteremia or fungemia). The stepwise logistic regression multivariate analysis showed only the duration of blood alkalosis to be significant in case patients.
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- S Kalenic
- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center, Croatia.
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