Coccidioides posadasii Infection in Bats, Brazil

Abstract

To analyze the eco-epidemiologic aspects of Histoplasma capsulatum in Brazil, we tested 83 bats for this fungus. Although H. capsulatum was not isolated, Coccidioides posadasii was recovered from Carollia perspicillata bat lungs. Immunologic studies detected coccidioidal antibodies and antigens in Glossophaga soricina and Desmodus rotundus bats.

Keywords

• Coccidioidomycosis
• bats
• Carollia perspicillat
• fungal eco-epidemiology
• endemic mycosis
• Histoplasma capsulatum