A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF JAMAICA

Autor:	Harish C. Gugnani, Soni Sharma, Kharl Wright
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Keratinophilic fungi Microsporum gypseum M. fulvum Chrysosporium spp Soil Jamaica Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 56, Iss 3, Pp 231-234 (2014)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1678-9946 0036-4665
DOI:	10.1590/S0036-46652014000300009
Popis:	This report represents the first study of keratinophilic fungi present in soils of Jamaica. Out of the 40 soil samples examined from different habitats, 30 (75%) were positive for the presence of keratinophilic fungi, yielding 36 isolates of keratinophilic fungi. Microsporum gypseum complex (represented by 16 isolates of M. gypseum, and four of M. fulvum) was most frequent, being present in 50% of the samples. A very high occurrence of this dermatophyte in Jamaican soil is of public health significance. The remaining isolates of keratinophilic fungi were represented by Chrysosporium spp (mainly C. indicum and C. tropicum) and Sepedonium sp.
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