Evidence of zoonotic transmission of Cryptococcus neoformans from a pet cockatoo to an immunocompromised patient

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-208

  Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a   Shoham, Shmuel ^b   Fries, Bettina C ^a   Shapiro, Daniel S ^b   Levitz, Stuart M ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0034142021     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-3-200002010-00006     Document Type: Article

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