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AIDS patient death caused by novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii hybrid.

Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2008

Bovers Marjan, Hagen Ferry, Kuramae Eiko E, Hoogveld Hans L, Dromer Françoise, St-Germain Guy, Boekhout Teun

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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.

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PMID: 18598632
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.080122
PMCID: PMC2600336

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