Khan Z U, Randhawa H S, Lulla M
Sabouraudia. 1982 Jun;20(2):137-44.
The isolation of Blastomyces dermatitidis is reported from the lungs of one of 155 insectivorous bats, representing Rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei Gray, inhabiting the abandoned first floor of a school building in Old Dehli. The identity of the fungus was based on its gross and microscopic cultural morphology including demonstration of its dimorphic character. It was further confirmed by determination of the capacity of the isolate to produce the "A" exo-antigen specific for B. dermatitidis and by verification of its pathogenicity for white mice. Heretofore, B. dermatitidis has not been reported from bats. It is also the first occasion that B. dermatitidis has been isolated from animal sources in an Asian country, thereby indicating that this important dimorphic pathogenic fungus is endemic in Asia.
从155只食虫蝙蝠（代表哈氏菊头蝠）的肺部分离出皮炎芽生菌，这些蝙蝠栖息在旧德里一座学校建筑废弃的一楼。该真菌的鉴定基于其宏观和微观培养形态，包括其二态性特征的展示。通过测定分离株产生皮炎芽生菌特异性“A”外抗原的能力以及验证其对小白鼠的致病性，进一步证实了该真菌的身份。在此之前，尚未有从蝙蝠中分离出皮炎芽生菌的报道。这也是首次在亚洲国家从动物源分离出皮炎芽生菌，从而表明这种重要的二态性致病真菌在亚洲是地方性流行的。
