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Cryptococcus gattii in the United States: clinical aspects of infection with an emerging pathogen.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Dec 2011
Harris J R, Lockhart S R, Debess E, Marsden-Haug N, Goldoft M, Wohrle R, Lee S, Smelser C, Park B, Chiller T
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BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus gattii (Cg) has caused increasing infections in the US Pacific Northwest (PNW) since 2004. We describe this outbreak and compare clinical aspects of infection in the United States among patients infected with different Cg genotypes. METHODS: Beginning in 2005, PNW state health departments conducted retrospective and prospective passive surveillance for Cg infections, including patient...
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