TY - JOUR AU - Schwartz, Ilan AU - Lerm, Barbra AU - Hoving, J. Claire AU - Kenyon, Chris AU - Horsnell, William AU - Basson, W. Joan AU - Otieno-Odhiambo, Patricia AU - Govender, Nelesh AU - Colebunders, Robert AU - Botha, Alfred T1 - Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 2 SP - 377 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We detected Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimorphic fungus that causes an HIV-associated systemic mycosis, 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. KW - mycoses KW - environmental microbiology KW - emmonsia KW - mice KW - fungal infections KW - soil KW - Emergomyces africanus KW - South Africa KW - fungi DO - 10.3201/eid2402.171351 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/2/17-1351_article ER - End of Reference