Bemis D A, Krahwinkel D J, Bowman L A, Mondon P, Kwon-Chung K J
Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Feb;38(2):926-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.2.926-928.2000.
We report the isolation of a temperature-sensitive, serotype A, mating type alpha strain of Cryptococcus neoformans from a case of nasal cryptococcosis in a cat. The strain grew extremely slowly at 35 degrees C and failed to grow at 37 degrees C in vitro. Histopathological sections of the infected tissue revealed yeast cells producing hyphae up to several hundred micrometers in length, in addition to numerous encapsulated yeast cells typical of C. neoformans. The cultures grown on yeast extract-peptone-glucose agar at 35 degrees C also produced some yeast cells with germ tube-like hyphal elements up to 100 microm in length.
我们报告了从一只患有鼻隐球菌病的猫身上分离出一株温度敏感型、血清A型、交配型α的新型隐球菌菌株。该菌株在35℃下生长极其缓慢,在37℃下体外无法生长。感染组织的组织病理学切片显示,除了大量典型的新型隐球菌包膜酵母细胞外,还有产生长达数百微米菌丝的酵母细胞。在35℃的酵母提取物-蛋白胨-葡萄糖琼脂上培养的菌株也产生了一些带有长达100微米的芽管样菌丝成分的酵母细胞。