Cryptococcus neoformans varieties from material under the canopies of eucalyptus trees and pigeon dropping samples from four major cities in Jordan

Mycopathologia

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-199

  Hamasha, Akram Mohammad Saad ^a   Yildiran, Sinasi Taner ^b   Gonlum, Ahmet ^b   Saracli, Mehmet Ali ^b   Doganci, Levent ^b  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; eucalyptus trees; pigeon droppings

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JORDAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; FECES; JORDAN; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

COLUMBA; EUCALYPTUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 4544278263     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000041840.34011.23     Document Type: Article

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