Meetings API converts comma to hashtag

Hello!
I am using the meetings API to return participants (https://api.zoom.us/v2/report/meetings/<meeting_id>/participants).
Te participants list is returned, but if a participant has a comma in the name (John Doe, PhD) in the API response it is returned as John Doe# PhD - the comma (,) is returned as hashtag (#).
Not sure if the same happens for the webinars API.
Please advise.
Thank you,
Marius