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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep 12:22:55-57.
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.09.003. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGIII from feline nasal injury

Peggy Vieille  1 , Rodrigo Cruz  1 , Paula León  2 , Nicolás Cáceres  3 , Gustavo Giusiano  4
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Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGIII from feline nasal injury

Peggy Vieille et al. Med Mycol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Hereby we communicate the first autochthon isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGIII in Chile, which was obtained from a nasal injury in a domestic cat in the Valparaíso region in Chile. The strain was identified using morphophysiological tests, MALDI-TOF, and URA5 gene PCR-RFLP analysis.

Keywords: Cat; Cryptococcus gattii,; Nasal; URA5; VGIII.

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Mucocutaneous nasal injury.
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Abundant yeasts with capsule and large amounts of inflammatory cells (40×).
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A: Positivity for CGB agar and urea agar; B: Staib agar, brown colonies for melanin production.
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: PCR - RFLP URA5. Line 1: IMR-ml-1321; line 2: CBS 10078 - VGI; line 3: CBS 10082 - VGII; line 4: CBS 10081 -VGIII; line 5: CBS 10101 – VGIV.
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