Autochthonous Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIb infection in a Japanese patient with anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor antibodies.

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A 31-year-old Japanese man presented with cerebral and pulmonary cryptococcosis. Cryptococcus gattii (C. gattii) genotype VGIIb was detected in the patient's sputum and cerebrospinal fluid specimens. The serum levels of anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) antibodies were elevated in this patient, which has been associated with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and is considered a risk...

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