PMID- 24684308
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150910
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1462-2920 (Electronic)
IS  - 1462-2912 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 4
DP  - 2015 Apr
TI  - Human-impacted areas of France are environmental reservoirs of the 
      Pseudallescheria boydii/Scedosporium apiospermum species complex.
PG  - 1039-48
LID - 10.1111/1462-2920.12472 [doi]
AB  - Species of the Pseudallescheria boydii/Scedosporium apiospermum complex (PSC) are 
      emerging fungal pathogens able to chronically colonize the airways of patients 
      with cystic fibrosis (CF). As P. boydii was found more frequently colonizing the 
      lungs of CF patients in France than in other European countries in a previous 
      report, the present study was conducted in order to clarify distribution of PSC 
      species in France and to characterize their natural habitat. The highest 
      densities of PSC isolates were found in human-impacted areas, i.e. agricultural 
      areas, fluids obtained from wastewater treatment plants, playgrounds and 
      industrial areas. PSC was not detected from soil samples collected in forests. 
      Most PSC culture-positive soil samples exhibited a pH range of 6-8. Scedosporium 
      dehoogii, the most abundant species, was detected in all human-impacted area 
      types except vineyards, whereas Scedosporium aurantiacum was mostly found in 
      agricultural areas. Pseudallescheria boydii and S. apiospermum were predominantly 
      isolated from seashores and playgrounds respectively. Pseudallescheria 
      minutispora was found only once from a playground. This study highlights 
      potential sources of contamination of the patients, especially in the CF context.
CI  - (c) 2014 Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
FAU - Rougeron, Amandine
AU  - Rougeron A
AD  - L'UNAM Universite, Universite d'Angers, Groupe d'Etude des Interactions 
      Hote-Pathogene, EA 3142, Angers, France; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, 
      Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France.
FAU - Schuliar, Gaelle
AU  - Schuliar G
FAU - Leto, Julie
AU  - Leto J
FAU - Sitterle, Emilie
AU  - Sitterle E
FAU - Landry, David
AU  - Landry D
FAU - Bougnoux, Marie-Elisabeth
AU  - Bougnoux ME
FAU - Kobi, Abdessamad
AU  - Kobi A
FAU - Bouchara, Jean-Philippe
AU  - Bouchara JP
FAU - Giraud, Sandrine
AU  - Giraud S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140428
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Microbiol
JT  - Environmental microbiology
JID - 100883692
RN  - 0 (DNA, Fungal)
RN  - 0 (Waste Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Cystic Fibrosis/*epidemiology/*microbiology
MH  - DNA, Fungal
MH  - Disease Reservoirs/*microbiology
MH  - France/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Industrial Microbiology
MH  - Lung/microbiology
MH  - Mycoses/*epidemiology/microbiology
MH  - Pseudallescheria/*isolation & purification/pathogenicity
MH  - Scedosporium/*isolation & purification/pathogenicity
MH  - Soil Microbiology
MH  - Wastewater/microbiology
EDAT- 2014/04/02 06:00
MHDA- 2015/09/12 06:00
CRDT- 2014/04/02 06:00
PHST- 2014/01/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/03/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/04/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/04/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/09/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/1462-2920.12472 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Microbiol. 2015 Apr;17(4):1039-48. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12472. Epub 
      2014 Apr 28.