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Analyses of pediatric isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from South Africa.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2011
Miglia Kathleen J, Govender Nelesh P, Rossouw Jenny, Meiring Susan, Mitchell Thomas G
Abstract excerpt
Compared to the incidence in adults, cryptococcosis is inexplicably rare among children, even in sub-Saharan Africa, which has the highest prevalence of coinfection with HIV and Cryptococcus neoformans. To explore any mycological basis for this age-related difference in the incidence of cryptococcosis, we investigated isolates of C. neoformans recovered from pediatric and adult patients during a 2-year period in...
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