Zoonotic transmission of Cryptococcus neoformans from a magpie to an immunocompetent patient.
We report a case of cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent female patient with exposure to a pet magpie (Pica pica). Genetically indistinguishable isolates were cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid of the patient and excreta of the bird. Our data strongly suggest zoonotic transmission of Cry...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Internal Medicine Vol. 257; no. 4; pp. 385 - 389 |
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| Formato: | case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2005
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