Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGIII from feline nasal injury

Publication date: Available online 12 September 2018Source: Medical Mycology Case ReportsAuthor(s): Peggy Vieille, Rodrigo Cruz, Paula León, Nicolás Cáceres, Gustavo GiusianoAbstractHereby 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.
Source: Medical Mycology Case Reports - Category: Biology Source Type: research