First European case of serotype a MATa Cryptococcus neoformans infection [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1179-1180

  Viviani, Maria Anna ^a   Nikolova, R ^b   Esposto, M C ^a   Prinz, G ^b   Cogliati, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; CARMUSTINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; LOMUSTINE; MELPHALAN; PREDNIMUSTINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; BASIDIOMYCETES; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS MATA; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MFA GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; SKIN TUMOR; STE 20A GENE;

EID: 0042817948     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.020770     Document Type: Letter

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