Cryptococcosis Serotypes Impact Outcome and Provide Evidence of Cryptococcus neoformans Speciation.

doi:10.1128/mBio.00311-15

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Cryptococcosis Serotypes Impact Outcome and Provide Evidence of Cryptococcus neoformans Speciation.

mBio - 9 Jun 2015

Desnos-Ollivier Marie, Patel Sweta, Raoux-Barbot Dorothée, Heitman Joseph, Dromer Françoise

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UNLABELLED: Cryptococcus neoformans is a human opportunistic fungal pathogen causing severe disseminated meningoencephalitis, mostly in patients with cellular immune defects. This species is divided into three serotypes: A, D, and the AD hybrid. Our objectives were to compare population structure...

Topics

Antifungal Agents
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Coinfection
Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcus neoformans
Flucytosine
France
Genotype
Humans
Serogroup
Treatment Outcome

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