Application of the DiversiLab system for tracing the source of the mixed infections caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

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Two strains of Cryptococcus neoformans (PU 66 and PU112) were simultaneously isolated from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. We aimed to trace the source of the mixed infections. Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and the DiversiLab system analyses were performed on the 2 clinical and 23 environmental C. neoformans from pigeon droppings, 11 from the home (H1) the patient visited, 12 from another home...

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