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Título: | New records of Histoplasma capsulatum from wild animals in the Brazilian amazon |
Autor: | Naiff, Roberto Daibes Barrett, Toby Vincent Naiff, Maricleide de Farias Ferreira, Luís Carlos de Lima Arias, Jorge Ramon |
Palavras-chave: | Animals Brasil Female Hamster Histoplasma Isolation And Purification Liver Male Mammal Microbiology Opossum Rodent Skin Wild Animals Animal Animal, Wild Brasil Cricetinae Female Histoplasma Liver Male Mammals Opossums Rodentia Skin |
Data do documento: | 1996 |
Revista: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo |
É parte de: | Volume 38, Número 4, Pags. 273-277 |
Abstract: | Twenty-eight isolates of Histoplasma capsulatum were obtained from eight species of forest mammals from the States of Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia in the Amazon Region of Brazil. Primary isolates were obtained by inoculating triturated liver and spleen tissue intradermally and intraperitoneally in hamsters. Mycological diagnosis in hamsters presenting lesions was confirmed by histopathology and culture on Sabouraud dextrose-agar. Infected hamsters developed signs of disease within two to nine months; all had disseminated visceral lesions and most also had skin lesions at the sites of inoculation. None of the hamsters inoculated with skin macerates of the original hosts developed histoplasmosis, and histopathological examination of the viscera of the wild hosts failed to reveal H. capsulatum. Prevalence of infection was considerably higher in females than in males both for the opossum Didelphis marsupialis and for total wild animals (479) examined. It is proposed that canopydwelling mammals may acquire the infection from conidia borne on convective currents in hollow trees with openings at ground-level. |
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