Ajello L, Kuttin E S, Beemer A M, Kaplan W, Padhye A
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1977 Jan;26(1):140-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.140.
The isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from a bat cave in the Galilee region of Israel is reported along with the discovery of a bat (Myotis myotis) infected by H. capsulatum. Soils collected in avian and chiropteran habitats throughout Israel also yielded the following fungi of medical interest: Arthroderma quadrifidum, A. tuberculatum, Candida parapsilosis, Chrysosporium indicum, C. keratinophilum, C. tropicum, Cryptococcus neoformans, Ctenomyces serratus, Microsporum gypseum, and Petriellidium boydii. All available reports concerning the occurrence of H. capsulatum and histoplasmosis in the Middle East are critically reviewed.
报道了从以色列加利利地区一个蝙蝠洞中分离出荚膜组织胞浆菌,同时发现一只被荚膜组织胞浆菌感染的蝙蝠(鼠耳蝠)。在以色列各地鸟类和翼手目动物栖息地采集的土壤中还发现了以下具有医学意义的真菌:四裂节皮菌、结核节皮菌、近平滑念珠菌、印度金孢子菌、嗜角质金孢子菌、热带金孢子菌、新型隐球菌、锯齿梳霉、石膏样小孢子菌和博伊德皮癣菌。对中东地区有关荚膜组织胞浆菌和组织胞浆菌病发生情况的所有现有报告进行了严格审查。