Table 1 Occurrence of Cryptococcus spp. in horses according to health condition and gender
From: Horse: a potential source of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Egypt
Predisposing factors | No of isolates | Cryptococcus spp identified | % of positive isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health condition | ||||||
 Healthy | 5 | C. gattii (5) | 11.4 (5/44) | |||
 Diseased | 12 | Respiratory tract signs (6) | C. gattii (5) | C. neoformans (1) | 8.6 (12/139) | |
Nervous Signs (4) | C. gattii (2) | C. gattii & C. neoformans hybrids (2) | ||||
Wounds treated with long course of antibiotics (2) | C. neoformans (2) | |||||
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 11 | C. gattii (8) | C. neoformans (1) | C. gattii & C. neoformans hybrids (2) | 9.5 (11/116) | |
 Female | 6 | C. gattii (4) | C. neoformans (2) | 9 (6/67) | ||
Total | 17 | 9.3 (17/183) | ||||