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Most cases of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-uninfected patients in Vietnam are due to a distinct amplified fragment length polymorphism-defined cluster of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii VN1.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2011
Day Jeremy N, Hoang Thu N, Duong Anh V, Hong Chau T T, Diep Pham T, Campbell James I, Sieu Tran P M, Hien Tran T, Bui Tien, Boni Maciej F, Lalloo David G, Carter Dee, Baker Stephen, Farrar Jeremy J
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcal disease most commonly occurs in patients with an underlying immune deficit, most commonly HIV infection, and is due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii. Occasionally disease due to this variety occurs in apparently immunocompetent patients. The relationship between strains infecting immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients is not clear. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
- Cluster Analysis
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- DNA, Fungal
- Female
- Genotype