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Recognition and Diagnosis of Cryptococcus gattii Infections in the United States
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    Lockhart, Shawn R.; Iqbal, Naureen; Harris, Julie R.; Grossman, Nina T.; DeBess, Emilio; Wohrle, Ron; Marsden-Haug, Nicola; Vugia, Duc J.;
    Published:
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    Source:
    PLoS One. 2013; 8(9).
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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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  2. Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest Region of the United States
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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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    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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    Cryptococcus gattii and C. neoformans cause pulmonary and systemic cryptococcosis. Recently, C. gattii was recognized as a distinct pathogen of humans and animals. We analyzed information from 400 publications (1948-2008) to examine whether the fungu...
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