Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum in bats in Cuba
Fernández Andreu, C.M.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 40(3): 36-43
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 3072612 Document Number: 319313
In order to isolate the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, causal agent of histoplasmosis, a study was carried out with 230 bats from 12 species [Artibeus jamaicensis parvipes, Tadarida brasiliensis muscula, Phyllonycteris poeyii, Pteronotus parnelli parnelli, Brachyphylla nana nana, Pteronotus quadridens quadridens, Pteronotus macleayi macleayi, Natalus lepidus, Macrotus waterhousei minor, Eptesicus fuscus dutertreus, Mormoops blainvillei and Monophyllus redmani clinedaphus], captured in caves at the Isle of the Youth. This fungus was isolated in four of the 12 species, by the culture of liver, lungs and spleen in Sabouraud agar medium with chloramphenicol and cycloheximide. The isolation of H. capsulatum from the species Macrotus waterhousei minor, is reported for the first time.