The Disease Ecology, Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Management of Emerging Cryptococcus gattii Complex Infections.
Cryptococcus neoformans, a soil-dwelling fungus found worldwide, can cause cryptococcosis, an opportunistic fungal infection of the lungs and central nervous system. One former member of the C neoformans complex, Cryptococcus gattii, has caused meningitis in immunosuppressed and immunocompetent pers...
| Publicado en: | Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 101 - 110 |
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| Formato: | review Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Mar2020
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