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Ceratonia siliqua (carob) trees as natural habitat and source of infection by Cryptococcus gattii in the Mediterranean environment.
Medical mycology - 1 Jan 2012
Colom María Francisca, Hagen Ferry, Gonzalez Alfonso, Mellado Axelle, Morera Neus, Linares Carlos, García David F, Peñataro Joaquín S, Boekhout Teun, Sánchez Manuel
Abstract excerpt
Recent Cryptococcus gattii infections in humans and animals, including several outbreaks in goats, were the basis of this environmental survey in six provinces of Spain. A total of 479 samples from 20 tree species were studied. Cryptococcus gattii was found for the first time in autochthonous Mediterranean trees in Spain. Fourteen isolates of this pathogen were obtained from seven trees of three different...
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