Molecular evidence that the range of the Vancouver Island outbreak of Cryptococcus gattii infection has expanded into the Pacific Northwest in the United States.

Cryptococcus neoformans frequently causes fungal meningitis in immunocompromised patients, whereas the related species C. gattii is restricted to tropical and subtropical regions,where it usually infects immunocompetent individuals.An outbreak of C. gattii infection that began in 1999 on Vancouver I...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 199; no. 7; pp. 1081 - 1087
Autores principales:	Byrnes EJ 3rd, Bildfell RJ, Frank SA, Mitchell TG, Marr KA, Heitman J, Byrnes, Edmond J 3rd, Bildfell, Robert J, Frank, Sheryl A, Mitchell, Thomas G, Marr, Kieren A, Heitman, Joseph
Formato:	Journal Article
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA 4/1/2009
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