Evaluation Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contaminations with Cryptococcus gattii in Tehran
Background and Aims: Cryptococcosis is an infection caused by Cryptococcus species. Cryptococcus gattii is mostly isolated from Eucalyptus trees and is acquired via inhalation of basidiospores. The present study was performed to isolate Cryptococcus sp. from Eucalyptus trees and evaluate C. gatti co...
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| author | Roohollah Fateh Mahnaz Dehghani pour Farideh Zaini Maasoumeh Mahdavi-Ourtakand Zahra Salehi Mona Ghazanfari Shirin Farahyar Samira Salari Azam Fattahi |
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| description | Background and Aims: Cryptococcosis is an infection caused by Cryptococcus species. Cryptococcus gattii is mostly isolated from Eucalyptus trees and is acquired via inhalation of basidiospores. The present study was performed to isolate Cryptococcus sp. from Eucalyptus trees and evaluate C. gatti contamination of the Eucalyptus camaldulensis trees in some parks of Tehran and Varamin.
Materials and Methods: 88 trees (leaves, stalk, fruit and soil) were collected from different areas of Tehran, Varamin and Shahr Ray in 2014-2015 during spring and fall. Identification of Cryptococcus sp. were performed based on colony color on niger seed agar medium, urease production, india ink test and pseudohyphae formation on corn meal agar with tween 80. Specific differentiation of Cryptococcus sp. were performed using sugar assimilation by API 20C AUX, disk approaches, colony color on Canavanine Glycine Bromothymol Blue and Cycloheximide-Phenol Red Agar medium.
Results and Conclusions: 6 out of 88 samples of Eucalyptus trees were identified as Cryptococcus sp. Accordingly, four species were identified as Cryptococcus albidus while species of two other isolates were not detectable by used methods. Although Cryptococcus gattii was not isolated from the collected samples, this does not mean that Eucalyptus trees of Tehran are not contaminated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38ea2563bf7f4652a384b7efc1e43b322022-12-21T20:12:13ZengFarnameIranian Journal of Medical Microbiology1735-86122345-43422018-07-01122133139Evaluation Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contaminations with Cryptococcus gattii in TehranRoohollah Fateh0Mahnaz Dehghani pour1Farideh Zaini2Maasoumeh Mahdavi-Ourtakand3Zahra Salehi4Mona Ghazanfari5Shirin Farahyar6Samira Salari7Azam Fattahi8 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom. Iran Department of Biology, college of Biological Sciences, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran Department of Mycology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modarress University, Tehran, Iran Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Medical University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background and Aims: Cryptococcosis is an infection caused by Cryptococcus species. Cryptococcus gattii is mostly isolated from Eucalyptus trees and is acquired via inhalation of basidiospores. The present study was performed to isolate Cryptococcus sp. from Eucalyptus trees and evaluate C. gatti contamination of the Eucalyptus camaldulensis trees in some parks of Tehran and Varamin. Materials and Methods: 88 trees (leaves, stalk, fruit and soil) were collected from different areas of Tehran, Varamin and Shahr Ray in 2014-2015 during spring and fall. Identification of Cryptococcus sp. were performed based on colony color on niger seed agar medium, urease production, india ink test and pseudohyphae formation on corn meal agar with tween 80. Specific differentiation of Cryptococcus sp. were performed using sugar assimilation by API 20C AUX, disk approaches, colony color on Canavanine Glycine Bromothymol Blue and Cycloheximide-Phenol Red Agar medium. Results and Conclusions: 6 out of 88 samples of Eucalyptus trees were identified as Cryptococcus sp. Accordingly, four species were identified as Cryptococcus albidus while species of two other isolates were not detectable by used methods. Although Cryptococcus gattii was not isolated from the collected samples, this does not mean that Eucalyptus trees of Tehran are not contaminated.http://ijmm.ir/article-1-816-en.htmlEucalyptus camaldulensisContaminationCryptococcus gattiiTehran |
| spellingShingle | Roohollah Fateh Mahnaz Dehghani pour Farideh Zaini Maasoumeh Mahdavi-Ourtakand Zahra Salehi Mona Ghazanfari Shirin Farahyar Samira Salari Azam Fattahi Evaluation Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contaminations with Cryptococcus gattii in Tehran Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contamination Cryptococcus gattii Tehran |
| title | Evaluation Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contaminations with Cryptococcus gattii in Tehran |
| title_full | Evaluation Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contaminations with Cryptococcus gattii in Tehran |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contaminations with Cryptococcus gattii in Tehran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contaminations with Cryptococcus gattii in Tehran |
| title_short | Evaluation Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contaminations with Cryptococcus gattii in Tehran |
| title_sort | evaluation eucalyptus camaldulensis contaminations with cryptococcus gattii in tehran |
| topic | Eucalyptus camaldulensis Contamination Cryptococcus gattii Tehran |
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