AIDS Patient Death Caused by Novel Cryptococcus neoformans × C. gattii Hybrid

Interspecies hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii have only recently been reported. We describe a novel C. neoformans × C. gattii hybrid strain (serotype AB) that was previously described as C. gattii and that caused a lethal infection in an AIDS patient from Canada.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bovers, Marjan, Hagen, Ferry, Kuramae, Eiko E., Hoogveld, Hans L., Dromer, Françoise, St-Germain, Guy, Boekhout, Teun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18598632
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.080122
Descripción
Sumario:Interspecies hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii have only recently been reported. We describe a novel C. neoformans × C. gattii hybrid strain (serotype AB) that was previously described as C. gattii and that caused a lethal infection in an AIDS patient from Canada.

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