Cryptococcus tetragattii Meningitis Associated with Travel, Taiwan

Meningitis caused by Cryptococcus tetragattii fungus is rare and has been found in specific geographic regions. We report a case of meningitis caused by C. tetragattii (molecular type VGIV) in an immunocompetent patient in Taiwan. The patient had traveled to Egypt and was positive for granulocyte-ma...

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Autores principales: Wu, Pin-Han, Chen, Chih-Hao, Lin, Yu-Tzu, Ao, Yu, Lin, Kuo-Hsi, Hsih, Wen-Hsin, Chou, Chia-Huei, Chi, Chih-Yu, Ho, Mao-Wang, Hsueh, Po-Ren
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221425
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author Wu, Pin-Han
Chen, Chih-Hao
Lin, Yu-Tzu
Ao, Yu
Lin, Kuo-Hsi
Hsih, Wen-Hsin
Chou, Chia-Huei
Chi, Chih-Yu
Ho, Mao-Wang
Hsueh, Po-Ren
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Chen, Chih-Hao
Lin, Yu-Tzu
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Hsih, Wen-Hsin
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description Meningitis caused by Cryptococcus tetragattii fungus is rare and has been found in specific geographic regions. We report a case of meningitis caused by C. tetragattii (molecular type VGIV) in an immunocompetent patient in Taiwan. The patient had traveled to Egypt and was positive for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibody.
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spelling pubmed-98817982023-02-08 Cryptococcus tetragattii Meningitis Associated with Travel, Taiwan Wu, Pin-Han Chen, Chih-Hao Lin, Yu-Tzu Ao, Yu Lin, Kuo-Hsi Hsih, Wen-Hsin Chou, Chia-Huei Chi, Chih-Yu Ho, Mao-Wang Hsueh, Po-Ren Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Meningitis caused by Cryptococcus tetragattii fungus is rare and has been found in specific geographic regions. We report a case of meningitis caused by C. tetragattii (molecular type VGIV) in an immunocompetent patient in Taiwan. The patient had traveled to Egypt and was positive for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibody. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9881798/ /pubmed/36692971 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221425 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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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Wu, Pin-Han
Chen, Chih-Hao
Lin, Yu-Tzu
Ao, Yu
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Hsih, Wen-Hsin
Chou, Chia-Huei
Chi, Chih-Yu
Ho, Mao-Wang
Hsueh, Po-Ren
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title Cryptococcus tetragattii Meningitis Associated with Travel, Taiwan
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title_short Cryptococcus tetragattii Meningitis Associated with Travel, Taiwan
title_sort cryptococcus tetragattii meningitis associated with travel, taiwan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221425
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