Gugnani Harish C, Sharma Soni, Wright Kharl
Windsor University School of Medicine, Cayon, St. Kitts (West Indies).
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2014 May-Jun;56(3):231-4. doi: 10.1590/s0036-46652014000300009.
This report represents the first study of keratinophilic fungi present in soils of Jamaica. Out of the 40 soil samples examined from different habitats, 30 (75%) were positive for the presence of keratinophilic fungi, yielding 36 isolates of keratinophilic fungi. Microsporum gypseum complex (represented by 16 isolates of M. gypseum, and four of M. fulvum) was most frequent, being present in 50% of the samples. A very high occurrence of this dermatophyte in Jamaican soil is of public health significance. The remaining isolates of keratinophilic fungi were represented by Chrysosporium spp (mainly C. indicum and C. tropicum) and Sepedonium sp.
本报告是对牙买加土壤中嗜角质真菌的首次研究。在从不同栖息地采集的40份土壤样本中，30份（75%）检测出嗜角质真菌呈阳性，共分离出36株嗜角质真菌。石膏样小孢子菌复合体（由16株石膏样小孢子菌和4株黄小孢子菌代表）最为常见，存在于50%的样本中。这种皮肤癣菌在牙买加土壤中的高发生率具有公共卫生意义。其余嗜角质真菌分离株由金孢子菌属（主要是印度金孢子菌和热带金孢子菌）和足分支菌属代表。
