title: Isolation of Lecythophora mutabilis and Wangiella dermatitidis from the fruit eating bat, Eidolon helvum.
abstract: Lecythophora mutabilis was isolated from the lungs of 3 and from the liver of 2 bats, Eidolon helvum a fruit eating species. Wangiella dermatitidis was recovered from the liver of 2 bats of the same species. The isolates were pathogenic for laboratory mice when injected by subcutaneous, intraperitoneal and intravenous routes. W. dermatitidis was neurotropic in the mice injected intravenously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Muotoe-Okafor
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Gugnani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D005093:Exophiala / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D010676:Phialophora / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*