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Correlation of genotype and in vitro susceptibilities of Cryptococcus gattii strains from the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Iqbal Naureen, DeBess Emilio E, Wohrle Ron, Sun Ben, Nett Randall J, Ahlquist Angela M, Chiller Tom, Lockhart Shawn R
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus gattii emerged in North America in 1999 as a human and veterinary pathogen on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The emergent subtype, VGIIa, and the closely related subtype VGIIb can now be found in the United States in Washington, Oregon, and California. We performed multilocus sequence typing and antifungal susceptibility testing on 43 isolates of C. gattii from human patients in Oregon,...
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