Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa

Ilan S Schwartz (1) , Barbra Lerm (2) , J. Claire Hoving (3) , Chris Kenyon (4) , William G C Horsnell (5, 6) , W. Joan Basson (2) , Patricia Otieno-Odhiambo (3) , Nelesh Govender (7) , Robert Colebunders (8) , Alfred Botha (2)

1 University of Manitoba [Winnipeg]
2 Stellenbosch University
3 University of Cape Town
4 ITM - Institute of Tropical Medicine [Antwerp]
5 INEM - Immunologie et Neurogénétique Expérimentales et Moléculaires
6 LE STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies
7 WITS - University of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg]
8 UA - University of Antwerp

We detected Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimor-phic fungus that causes an HIV-associated systemic my-cosis, by PCR in 18 (30%) of 60 soil samples from a wide range of habitats in South Africa. Direct and indirect culture techniques were unsuccessful. Experimental intraperitoneal inoculation of conidia induced murine disease.

Domaines: Mycologie; Maladies infectieuses; Maladies émergentes; Médecine vétérinaire et santé animale

Ilan S Schwartz, Barbra Lerm, J. Claire Hoving, Chris Kenyon, William G C Horsnell, et al.. Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, 24 (2), pp.377-380. ⟨10.3201/eid2402.171351⟩. ⟨hal-02506258⟩