Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA

Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. Isolated cases and outbreaks have been reported in areas of North America and Europe, expanding the distribution pattern beyond warmer regions. We describe a case of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection by C. gatt...

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Autores principales: Moritz, Donna, Lora, Alfredo J. Mena, Blumer, Bridget, Harrington, Amanda T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29912690
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2407.171754
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description Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. Isolated cases and outbreaks have been reported in areas of North America and Europe, expanding the distribution pattern beyond warmer regions. We describe a case of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection by C. gattii in an immunocompetent person in Illinois.
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spelling pubmed-60387462018-07-11 Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA Moritz, Donna Lora, Alfredo J. Mena Blumer, Bridget Harrington, Amanda T. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. Isolated cases and outbreaks have been reported in areas of North America and Europe, expanding the distribution pattern beyond warmer regions. We describe a case of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection by C. gattii in an immunocompetent person in Illinois. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6038746/ /pubmed/29912690 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2407.171754 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Moritz, Donna
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Harrington, Amanda T.
Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA
title Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA
title_full Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA
title_fullStr Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA
title_full_unstemmed Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA
title_short Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA
title_sort recovery of cryptococcus gattii from an infected ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, illinois, usa
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038746/
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