RRC ID 47037
著者 Kikuchi K, Sugita T, Makimura K, Urata K, Someya T, Sasaki T, Kamei K, Niimi M, Hiramatsu K, Uehara Y.
タイトル Is Histoplasma capsulatum a native inhabitant of Japan?
ジャーナル Microbiol Immunol
Abstract Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by inhaling spores of the fungal pathogen H. capsulatum and in Japan is considered an imported mycosis. However, some patients in Japan with histoplasmosis have no history of traveling overseas nor of risk of occupational exposure to Histoplasma. To investigate the possibility of native distribution of Histoplasma in Japan, 187 bat guano samples from 67 bat-inhabited caves in 17 prefectures were collected. These were examined for H. capsulatum by culture and Histoplasma-specific PCR in three independent laboratories. No H. capsulatum was detected by either method, therefore H. capsulatum is unlikely to be present in bat guano in Japanese caves.
巻・号 52(9)
ページ 455-9
公開日 2008-9-1
DOI 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00052.x
PMID 19039954
MeSH Animals Calcium Carbonate Chiroptera / classification Chiroptera / microbiology* DNA, Bacterial / analysis DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification Disease Reservoirs* Feces / microbiology* Histoplasma / genetics Histoplasma / isolation & purification* Histoplasmosis / epidemiology Histoplasmosis / microbiology Histoplasmosis / veterinary Humans Japan / epidemiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Soil Microbiology*
IF 1.566
引用数 7
WOS 分野 IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY
リソース情報
病原微生物