Cryptococcus gattii Complex Infections in HIV-Infected Patients, Southeastern United States.
Cryptococcus gattii traditionally infects immunocompetent hosts and causes devastating pulmonary or central nervous system disease. However, this infection rarely occurs in patients infected with HIV. We report 3 cases of HIV-associated C. gattii complex infections in the southeastern United States....
| Publicado en: | Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 1998 - 2003 |
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| Formato: | case study Journal Article |
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Nov2018
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