Davis Jennifer, Zheng Wang Yong, Glatman-Freedman Aharona, Ng Josephine Anne Navoa, Pagcatipunan Marimel R, Lessin Herschel, Casadevall Arturo, Goldman David L
Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Jun;26(6):549-51. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318047e073.
Cryptococcus neoformans is present in areas contaminated with pigeon droppings. Unrecognized infections are hypothesized to occur commonly among immunocompetent individuals. We used serology to estimate prevalence of cryptococcal infection in immunocompetent children from 3 regions. Our results indicate unrecognized cryptococcal infections are extremely common in Bronx children, but uncommon in children from Dutchess County, NY and the Philippines.
新型隐球菌存在于受鸽粪污染的区域。据推测,未被识别的感染在免疫功能正常的个体中普遍存在。我们采用血清学方法来估计来自3个地区的免疫功能正常儿童的隐球菌感染患病率。我们的结果表明,未被识别的隐球菌感染在布朗克斯儿童中极为常见,但在纽约州达奇斯县和菲律宾的儿童中并不常见。