Fatal Cryptococcus gattii genotype AFLP5 infection in an immunocompetent Cuban patient

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-51

  Illnait Zaragozí, María T ^a   Ortega Gonzalez, Lilia M ^a   Hagen, Ferry ^b   Martínez Machin, Gerardo F ^a   Meis, Jacques F ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFLP5; C. gattii; Cryptococcal meningitis; Imported mycoses; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; FLUCONAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; VORICONAZOLE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIPLOPIA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HONDURAS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALAISE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEIZURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84874889990     PISSN: 22117539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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