Cryptococcus gattii: An emerging fungal pathogen in the southeastern united states

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 510-511

  Sellers, Brenda ^a   Hall, Peggy ^a   Stalina, Cine Gowdie ^b   Hays, Allison L ^b   Patel, Kalpesh ^d   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a,e   Carlos, Franco Paredes ^a,b,c,e  

^a Microbiology Laboratory   (United States)

^b PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^d Albany Neurology   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Encephalitis; Georgia; Meningitis; United States

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCYTOSINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETHARGY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEOCYTOSIS; STUPOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862857187     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182464bc7     Document Type: Article

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