Medical Cannabis as the Source of Cryptococcus neoformans Infection.
Whole-genome sequencing demonstrated that Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A from cerebrospinal fluid and larynx of a patient receiving therapy for refractory multiple myeloma and from the patient's medical cannabis were indistinguishable. This is the first study to definitively link an infection to...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Infectious Diseases Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 914 - 917 |
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| Formato: | case study tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
11/15/2025
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