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Recognition and Diagnosis of Cryptococcus gattii Infections in the United States
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    PLoS One. 2014; 9(2).
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    Background : Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen causing an emerging outbreak in the United States Pacific Northwest (PNW). Treatment guidelines for cryptococcosis are primarily based on data from C. neoformans infections; applicability to PNW C...
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    Background : Cryptococcusgattii infections are being reported in the United States (US) with increasing frequency. Initially, US reports were primarily associated with an ongoing C. gattii outbreak in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) states of Washington ...
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    Harris, Julie R.; Lockhart, Shawn R.; Sondermeyer, Gail; Vugia, Duc J.; Crist, Matthew B.; D’Angelo, Melissa Tobin; Sellers, Brenda; Franco-Paredes, Carlos; Makvandi, Monear; Smelser, Chad; Greene, John; Stanek, Danielle; Signs, Kimberly; Nett, Randall J.; Chiller, Tom; Park, Benjamin J.;
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    Emerg Infect Dis. 19(10):1621-1627.
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    Clonal VGII subtypes (outbreak strains) of Cryptococcus gattii have caused an outbreak in the US Pacific Northwest since 2004. Outbreak-associated infections occur equally in male and female patients (median age 56 years) and usually cause pulmonary ...
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    Datta, Kausik; Bartlett, Karen H.; Baer, Rebecca; Byrnes, Edmond; Galanis, Eleni; Heitman, Joseph; Hoang, Linda; Leslie, Mira J.; MacDougall, Laura; Magill, Shelley S.; Morshed, Muhammad G.; Marr, Kieren A.;
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    for the Cryptococcus gattii Working Group of the Pacific Northwest
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    Aug 2009
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    Emerg Infect Dis. 15(8):1185-1191.
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    Cryptococcus gattii has emerged as a human and animal pathogen in the Pacific Northwest. First recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, it now involves mainland British Columbia, and Washington and Oregon in the United States. In Can...
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  5. Autochthonous and Dormant Cryptococcus gattii Infections in Europe
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    Hagen, Ferry; Colom, M. Francisca; Swinne, Daniëlle; Tintelnot, Kathrin; Iatta, Roberta; Montagna, Maria Teresa; Torres-Rodriguez, Josep M.; Cogliati, Massimo; Velegraki, Aristea; Burggraaf, Arjan; Kamermans, Alwin; Sweere, Johanna M.; Meis, Jacques F.; Klaassen, Corné H.W.; Boekhout, Teun;
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    Until recently, Cryptococcus gattii infections occurred mainly in tropical and subtropical climate zones. However, during the past decade, C. gattii infections in humans and animals in Europe have increased. To determine whether the infections in Eur...
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