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

被引：73

作者：

Bovers, Marian ^{[1
]}

Hagen, Ferry ^{[1
,2
]}

Kuramae, Eiko E. ^{[1
]}

Hoogveld, Hans L. ^{[3
]}

Dromer, Francoise ^{[4
]}

St-Germain, Guy ^{[5
]}

Boekhout, Teun ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Cent Bur Schimmelcultures, Fungal Biodivers Ctr, NL-3584 CT Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] Univ Med Ctr Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

[3] Netherlands Inst Ecol, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands

[4] Inst Pasteur, Paris, France

[5] Lab Sante Publ Quebec, Ste Anne De Bellevue, PQ, Canada

来源：

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2008年 / 14卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.3201/eid1407.080122

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

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.

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页码：1105 / 1108

页数：4

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