AIDS patient death caused by novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii hybrid.

Interspecies hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii have only recently been reported. We describe a novel C. neoformans x C. gattii hybrid strain (serotype AB) that was previously described as C. gattii and that caused a lethal infection in an AIDS patient from Canada.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 14; no. 7; pp. 1105 - 1109
Main Authors:	Bovers M, Hagen F, Kuramae EE, Hoogveld HL, Dromer F, St-Germain G, Boekhout T, Bovers, Marjan, Hagen, Ferry, Kuramae, Eiko E, Hoogveld, Hans L, Dromer, Françoise, St-Germain, Guy, Boekhout, Teun
Format:	case study Journal Article
Published:	Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Jul2008
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