Cryptococcus gattii, Florida, USA, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-521

  Kunadharaju, Rajesh ^a   Choe, Ulyee ^a   Harris, Julie R ^b   Lockhart, Shawn R ^b   Greene, John N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTHROCENTESIS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEFORMITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KNEE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHENOTYPE; SWELLING; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FEMUR; FLORIDA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84874242318     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1903.121399     Document Type: Letter

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