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Serotypes and mating types of clinical strains of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated in Taiwan.
Mycopathologia. 1994 Feb; 125(2):77-81.M

Abstract

Twenty-one strains of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from patients in Taiwan were characterized for serotypes and mating types. Slide agglutination test was performed with 8 factor-specific sera (Iatron Company, Japan) to determine the serotypes. Wheat bran agar (WBA) and malt extract agar (MEA, Wickerham) media were used for the mating tests. Twenty of the isolates were of serotype A, and one was serotype B. Except for 2 strains of serotype A, all of the serotype A strains mated with Filobasidiella neoformans var. neoformans, mating type a. The only serotype B strain mated with F. neoformans var. bacillispora mating type a in MEA medium. These data revealed the low prevalence (1/21; 4.8%) of C. neoformans var. gattii in Taiwan, a subtropically located isoland.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Hsu MM
Department of Dermatology, National Cheng-Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chang JC
No affiliation info available
Yokoyama K
No affiliation info available
Nishimura K
No affiliation info available
Miyaji M
No affiliation info available

MeSH

CryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansHumansMycological Typing TechniquesPrevalenceSerotypingTaiwan

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8028646

Citation

Hsu, M M., et al. "Serotypes and Mating Types of Clinical Strains of Cryptococcus Neoformans Isolated in Taiwan." Mycopathologia, vol. 125, no. 2, 1994, pp. 77-81.
Hsu MM, Chang JC, Yokoyama K, et al. Serotypes and mating types of clinical strains of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated in Taiwan. Mycopathologia. 1994;125(2):77-81.
Hsu, M. M., Chang, J. C., Yokoyama, K., Nishimura, K., & Miyaji, M. (1994). Serotypes and mating types of clinical strains of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated in Taiwan. Mycopathologia, 125(2), 77-81.
Hsu MM, et al. Serotypes and Mating Types of Clinical Strains of Cryptococcus Neoformans Isolated in Taiwan. Mycopathologia. 1994;125(2):77-81. PubMed PMID: 8028646.
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