Author | Santos, Wallace Raimundo A dos | |
Author | Meyer, Wieland | |
Author | Wanke, Bodo | |
Author | Costa, Solange P. S. Evangelista | |
Author | Trilles, Luciana | |
Author | Nascimento, Jose Luiz M. | |
Author | Medeiros, Rita | |
Author | Morales, Bernardina Pernarrieta | |
Author | Bezerra, Claudia de Carvalho Falci | |
Author | Macêdo, Regina Célia Lima de | |
Author | Ferreira, Silvana O. | |
Author | Barbosa, Gláucia Gonçalves | |
Author | Perez, Mauricio A. | |
Author | Nishikawa, Marília Martins | |
Author | Lazéra, Márcia dos Santos | |
Access date | 2023-04-24T23:37:12Z | |
Available date | 2023-04-24T23:37:12Z | |
Document date | 2008 | |
Citation | SANTOS, Wallace Raimundo A. dos et al. Primary endemic Cryptococcosis gattii by molecular type VGII in the state of Pará, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 103, n. 8, p. 813-818, Dec. 2008. | en_US |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | en_US |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/57959 | |
Language | eng | en_US |
Publisher | Fiocruz/IOC | en_US |
Rights | open access | en_US |
Title | Primary endemic Cryptococcosis gattii by molecular type VGII in the state of Pará, Brazil | en_US |
Type | Article | en_US |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02762008000800012 | |
Abstract | In order to study the infectious agents causing human disseminated cryptococcosis in the state of Pará, North Brazil, 56 isolates of Cryptococcusspp. (54 isolated from cerebral spinal fluid and two from blood cultures) from 43 cases diagnosed between 2003-2007 were analysed. The species were determined through morphological and physiological tests and genotypes were determined by URA5-RFLP and PCR-fingerprinting (wild-type phage M13). The following species and genotypes were identified: Cryptococcus neoformans VNI (28/56, 50%), Cryptococcus gattii VGII (25/56, 44.64%) and C. gattii VGI (3/56, 5.26%). The genotype VNI occurred in 12 out of 14 HIV-positive adults, whereas the genotype VGII occurred in 11 out of 21 HIV-negative adults (p < 0.02, OR = 6.6 IC95% 0.98-56.0). All patients less than 12 years old were HIV negative and six cases were caused by the VGII genotype, one by the VGI and one by VNI. Therefore, endemic primary mycosis in HIV-negative individuals, including an unexpectedly high number of children, caused by the VGII genotype deserves further study and suggests the need for surveillance on cryptococcal infection in the state of Pará, Eastern Amazon. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Pará. Departamento de Farmácia. Belém, PA, Brazil . | en_US |
Affilliation | University of Sydney. Western Clinical School. Westmead Millenium Institute. Sydney, Austrália. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, PA, Brazil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, PA, Brazil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Pará. Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto. Belém, PA, Brazil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Pará. Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto. Belém, PA, Brazil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Centro de Estudos da Saúde Comunitária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Controle de Qualidade em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Subject | Cryptococcus gattii | en_US |
Subject | VGII genotype | en_US |
Subject | Endemic mycosis | en_US |
Subject | Children | en_US |
Subject | State of Pará | en_US |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |