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Genotype and mating type distribution within clinical Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii isolates from patients with cryptococcal meningitis in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Medical mycology - 1 Jun 2010
Mora Delio José, Pedrosa André Luiz, Rodrigues Virmondes, Leite Maffei Claudia Maria, Trilles Luciana, Dos Santos Lazéra Márcia, Silva-Vergara Mario León
Abstract excerpt
We molecularly characterized 81 cryptococcal isolates recovered from cerebrospinal fluid samples of 77 patients diagnosed between 1998 and 2007 as having cryptococcal meningitis in Uberaba Minas Gerais, Brazil. Fifty-seven (74%) were male with a mean age 35.6 years. Seventy-two (88.9%) of the isolates were from 68 AIDS patients and cryp-tococcosis was the first AIDS-defining condition in 38 (55.9%) patients....
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Brazil
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Female
- Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
- Genotype