Article
Unique hybrids between the fungal pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.
FEMS yeast research - 1 Jun 2006
Bovers Marjan, Hagen Ferry, Kuramae Eiko E, Diaz Mara R, Spanjaard Lodewijk, Dromer Françoise, Hoogveld Hans L, Boekhout Teun
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are yeasts that cause meningoencephalitis, but that differ in host range and geographical distribution. Cryptococcus neoformans occurs world-wide and mostly infects immunocompromised patients, whereas C. gattii occurs mainly in (sub)tropical regions...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cryptococcus
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Male
- Meningitis, Cryptococcal
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Ploidies
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Serotyping