Isolation and identification of fungi associated with chronic respiratory infections in human and bovine | ||
| Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 85-93 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. A. Al-Khalidi; M. J. Alwan; M. K. Faraj | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In order to determine the fungi that association with respiratory infections in human and bovine, sixty human sputum samples were collected from Al-Yarmook educational hospital, and fifty samples were collected from bovine which showed clinical signs of chronic respiratory disease from alkarhk slaughterhouse in Baghdad city during a period from January to April 2012. The isolation results in human showed that 34 out of 60 (56.66%) sputum were positive for fungal isolation. The highest percentage of infection was seen in January (66.66%), While the lowest percentage seen in March (42.85%). The main fungal species that isolated included Candida albicans 12 out of 34 (35.29%), followed by C,tropicalis 5 out of 34 (14.7%), Aspergillus niger and A.fumigatus 3out of 34(8.82%) for each one, A. flavus, Rhizopus spp, Mucor spp, Penicillium spp and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2 out of 34 (5.88%) for each one as well as the lower percentage of Alterneria alternate 1 out of 34 (2.94%). The results also revealed 26 out of 50 (52%) bovine lung samples were positive for fungal isolatation, February expressed high fungal isolation (58.82%), while April showed low percentage of fungal isolation (40%), the main fungal isolates from bovine lungs included Candida spp in high percentage (38.46%) especially C.albicans (23.07%) followed by C.tropicalis and C.stellatoidea (7.69%) for each one, Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizopus spp 3 out 26 (11.53%) for each one, Mucor spp and Penicillium spp 2 out of 26 (7.69%) for each one, as well as the lower percentage of Aspergillus niger, Botrytis aclada, Cladosporium herbarum, Fusarium spp, Cryptococcus neoformans and Alterneria alternate 1 out of 26 (3.84%). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| human and bovine; chronic respiratory infections | ||
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