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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Bovers, Marjan ; Hagen, Ferry ; Kuramae, Eiko E. ; Hoogveld, Hans L. ; Dromer, Françoise ; ... More +
Bovers, Marjan ; Hagen, Ferry ; Kuramae, Eiko E. ; Hoogveld, Hans L. ; Dromer, Françoise ; St-Germain, Guy ; Boekhout, Teun ; Less -
Description:
Interspecies hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii have only recently been reported. We describe a novel C. neoformans x 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.
Subject:
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Adult
AIDS
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus Gattii
Cryptococcus Neoformans
Dispatch
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal
Fatal Outcome
Genotype
HIV
Humans
Hybrids
Ploidies
Serotype AB
Serotyping

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 14(7):1105-1108.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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