Environmental Research for Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV Infected Patients in Northern Thailand

Misuzu KUROKI; Cheseda PHICHAICHUMPON; Akira YASUOKA; Piphat CHIRANAIRADUL; Toru CHOSA; Taiga MIYAZAKI; Shigeki NAKAMURA; Katsunori YANAGIHARA; Yoshitsugu MIYAZAKI; Kazunori TOMONO; Yutaka ISHIDA; Shigeru KOHNO

doi:10.11391/aidsr1999.5.13

Misuzu KUROKI, Cheseda PHICHAICHUMPON, Akira YASUOKA, Piphat CHIRANAIRADUL, Toru CHOSA, Taiga MIYAZAKI, Shigeki NAKAMURA, Katsunori YANAGIHARA, Yoshitsugu MIYAZAKI, Kazunori TOMONO, Yutaka ISHIDA, Shigeru KOHNO

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Misuzu KUROKI
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University
Cheseda PHICHAICHUMPON
Chiang Muan Hospital
Akira YASUOKA
International Medical Center of Japan
Piphat CHIRANAIRADUL
Medical Department of Phayao Hospital
Toru CHOSA
International Medical Center of Japan
Taiga MIYAZAKI
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University
Shigeki NAKAMURA
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University
Katsunori YANAGIHARA
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University
Yoshitsugu MIYAZAKI
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University
Kazunori TOMONO
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University
Yutaka ISHIDA
The Japan International Cooperation Agency
Shigeru KOHNO
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University

Keywords: HIX infection, Cryptococcal meningitis, northern Thailand, chicken excreta, Cryptococcus neoformans

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2003 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 13-16

DOI https://doi.org/10.11391/aidsr1999.5.13

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Abstract

Objective: Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the serious and common opportunistic infections in AIDS patients, especially in Thailand. To determine the origin of infection and the route of transmission in the patients with cryptococcal meningitis, we isolated Cryptococcus neoformans from chicken excreta in Phayao, one of the rural provinces of northern Thailand.
Methods: C. neoformans was isolated from 36 of 150 samples (24%) of chicken excreta and serotype was nothing but serotype A.
Result and conclusion: From these results, it was suggested that C. neoformans in chicken excreta might cause cryptococcosis in AIDS patients living in northern Thailand. Etiological studies for the relationship between clinical isolates and environmental isolates are important to prevent the incidence of cryptococcosis in AIDS patients.

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