title: Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans from pigeon droppings collected throughout Turkey.
abstract: The six hundred and thirty-four samples of pigeon droppings were collected throughout Turkey, from 54 of 80 provinces. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated from 29 (4.6%, overall) of 634 samples and 29 isolates were from 18 provinces. Interestingly, 16 (88.9%) of these provinces occur on the three different coastlines of Turkey, therefore the ecological role of a humid climate was speculated. Almost all isolates [28/29] were recovered from samples collected from roofs (n=14) and dovecotes (n=14). All isolates were found to be C. neoformans var. neoformans.
authors: Division of Medical Mycology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy and School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. mycos@observationgata.edu.tr
authors: S T
authors: ST
authors: Yildiran
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Saracli
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Gönlüm
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Gün
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D014421:Turkey