Environmental source of Candida dubliniensis

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 May;13(5):747-50. doi: 10.3201/eid1305.061179.

Abstract

We isolated Candida dubliniensis from a nonhuman source, namely, tick samples from an Irish seabird colony. The species was unambiguously identifi ed by phenotypic and genotypic means. Analysis of the 5.8S rRNA gene showed that the environmental isolates belong to C. dubliniensis genotype 1.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Birds / microbiology
  • Birds / parasitology
  • Candida / classification
  • Candida / isolation & purification*
  • Candida / pathogenicity
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Environmental Microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Genotype
  • Ireland / epidemiology
  • Ixodes / microbiology*
  • Phenotype