Cryptococcus gattii Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient from Southern Italy

Mycopathologia

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-92

  Iatta, Roberta ^a   Hagen, Ferry ^b,c   Fico, Cecilia ^d   Lopatriello, Nunzia ^d   Boekhout, Teun ^b   Montagna, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Triggiano Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Infection; Italy; Molecular type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FUNGAL GENE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SEROTYPING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEROTYPING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

EID: 84861999611     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-011-9493-8     Document Type: Article

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