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First record of C.cerealis from Camel meat lesions in Egypt.

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Microbiology

Abstract

Camels were formerly considered resistant to most of the diseases commonly affecting livestock. Recently, camels were found to be susceptible to a large number of pathogenic agents. The aim of this work is to identify the causative agent of meat lesion encountered in one humped male camels carcasses at abattoir in Matrouh governorate, Egypt. Out of 50 carcass of slaughtered male camel, 12 meat lesions were macroscopically found. Blackening and necrotic area lesions were exposed to routine mycological examination. This revealed the presence of Cryptococcus in one lesion. Cryptococcus infection is an opportunistic infection that occurs primarily among patients who are immunosuppressed or getting access through accidental penetration of skin barriers. The isolated fungi was tested by PCR amplification of the ITS region and sequencing of 28S ribosomal RNA gene. The alignment of the fungal isolates 28S region sequences revealed 94% identity with Cryptococcus cerealis in the gene bank library. For the best of our knowledge, this is the first isolation of C. cerealis from camel meat lesion in Egypt.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2019.18474.1122

Keywords

camel, Cryptococcus cerealis, meat, PCR

Authors

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Abd El-Tawab

MiddleName

Awad

Affiliation

Bacteriology, Immunology, and Mycology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

Email

ashrafabdeltwab@yahoo.com

City

Benha

Orcid

0000-0003-3172-87774

First Name

Amira

Last Name

Rizk

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

bacteriology,immunology and mycology department,veterinary medicine faculty,Benha university,Benha city,Egypt.

Email

dramz2001@gmail.com

City

Tanta

Orcid

0000000211559171

First Name

Azza

Last Name

Goda

MiddleName

Said

Affiliation

Animal Health Department, Desert Research Center ,Cairo,Egypt.

Email

azzagooda@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Amani

Last Name

Hafez

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Animal Health Department, Desert Research Center,Cairo,Egypt.

Email

amani.hafez@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

shimaa

Last Name

hegazey

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Animal Health Department, Desert Research Center,Cairo,Egypt.

Email

shimaa.hegazey@yahoo.com

City

cairo

Orcid

-

Volume

37

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

8030

Issue Date

2019-09-01

Receive Date

2019-10-20

Publish Date

2019-09-01

Page Start

161

Page End

164

Print ISSN

1110-6581

Link

https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_91942.html

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Original Article

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812

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

First record of C.cerealis from Camel meat lesions in Egypt.

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Created At

22 Jan 2023