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Human pathogenic fungi recovered from Brasilian soil

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A total of 202 soil samples from areas around the cities of Belo Horizonte, Santos, São Paulo, Piracicaba and Itatiaia park were examined by various techniques for the presence of fungi that may be pathogenic to humans and animals.

The fungi isolated were:Microsporon gypseum (40),M. cookei (2),Keratinomyces ajelloi (2),T. mentagrophytes (9),T. terrestre (49),T. verrucosum (2),Allescheria boydii (1),Aspergillus fumigatus (2),Candida albicans (21),Cryptococcus neoformans (4), andSporotrichum schenckii (4).

Many of the pathogenic fungi were found in habitats where they might be expected to occur in relation to activities of humans and animals.

The probable basis for the apparent absence ofParacoccidioides brasiliensis from soil samples was discussed.

The following organisms have apparently been reported for the first time from soil samples in Brasil;T. mentagrophytes, T. terrestre, T. verrucosum, A. fumigatus, C. albicans, andS. schenckii.

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  1. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

    A. L. Rogers & E. S. Beneke

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This investigation was supported in whole by Public Health Service Research Grant Number A1-03460, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases.

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Rogers, A.L., Beneke, E.S. Human pathogenic fungi recovered from Brasilian soil. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 22, 15–20 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02058729

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