AIDS patient death caused by novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii hybrid

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1105-1108

  Bovers, Marjan ^a,f   Hagen, Ferry ^a,b   Kuramae, Eiko E ^a   Hoogveld, Hans L ^c   Dromer, Françoise ^d   St Germain, Guy ^e   Boekhout, Teun ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^f Netherlands Commission on Genetic Modification   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FATALITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRID; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROTYPE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PLOIDIES; SEROTYPING;

EID: 46349102736     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.080122     Document Type: Article

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