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The determination of varieties, serotypes and the susceptibility in vitro to fluconazole, itraconazole and amphotericin B of C. neoformans isolates were performed. C. neoformans var. grubii (serotype A) was found in 20.3% (36\/177) of pigeon dropping samples and in 14.3% (5\/35) of samples of Eucalyptus. None of the environmental isolates of C. neoformans showed in vitro resistance to three antifungal agents. The knowledge of major route for human cryptococcal infection (inhalation of infectious particles from saprophytic sources) and a total of 60 C. neoformans isolates obtained from AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis between October 2001 and April 2002 justify the study of the habitats of these yeasts as probable sources of cryptococcosis in this city.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1590\/s0036-46652005000400005","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,1,9]],"date-time":"2006-01-09T18:29:36Z","timestamp":1136831376000},"page":"203-207","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from urban environmental sources in Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s State, Brazil"],"prefix":"10.1590","volume":"47","author":[{"given":"Cl\u00e1udia Castelo Branco Artiaga","family":"Kobayashi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal de Goi\u00e1s, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"L\u00facia Kioko Hasimoto e","family":"Souza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal de Goi\u00e1s, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Orionalda de F\u00e1tima Lisboa","family":"Fernandes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal de Goi\u00e1s, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sula Cristina Assis de","family":"Brito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal de Goi\u00e1s, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ana Cl\u00e1udia","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal de Goi\u00e1s, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Efig\u00eania Dantas de","family":"Sousa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital de Urg\u00eancias de Goi\u00e2nia, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria do Ros\u00e1rio Rodrigues","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal de Goi\u00e1s, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"530","reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"143","DOI":"10.3201\/eid1001.020779","article-title":"Antifungal susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans","volume":"10","author":"ARCHIBALD L.K.","year":"2004","journal-title":"Emerg. infect. 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