First isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, serotype C, from the environment in Colombia

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 341-344

  Callejas, A ^a   Ordonez N ^a   Rodriguez, M C ^b   Castaneda E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^b Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Almond trees; Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii; Ecology; Environmental samples; Serotype C

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; TREE; VEGETATION;

CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; EUCALYPTUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; PRUNUS DULCIS; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 33746397509     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280x.1998.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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