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Cryptococcus neoformans strains and infection in apparently immunocompetent patients, China.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2008
Chen Jianghan, Varma Ashok, Diaz Mara R, Litvintseva Anastasia P, Wollenberg Kurt K, Kwon-Chung Kyung J
Abstract excerpt
To determine the population structure of the cryptococcosis agents in China, we analyzed the genotype of 120 Cryptococcus neoformans and 9 Cryptococcus gattii strains isolated from 1980 through 2006 from cryptococcosis patients residing in 16 provinces of mainland China. A total of 71% (91/129) of the clinical strains isolated from 1985 through 2006 were from patients without any apparent risk factors. Only 8.5%...
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