1. Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIb infection in Japan.
- Author
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Kawamura I, Kamei K, Yarita K, Ohkusu M, Ito K, Tsukahara M, Honda M, Nakashima K, Akamatsu H, and Kurai H
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- Adult, Antifungal Agents administration & dosage, Asian People, China, Cryptococcosis drug therapy, Cryptococcus gattii isolation & purification, Genotype, Hawaii, Humans, Immunocompetence, Lung Diseases, Fungal drug therapy, Male, Meningitis, Cryptococcal drug therapy, Temporal Lobe, Travel, Cryptococcosis diagnosis, Cryptococcosis microbiology, Cryptococcus gattii genetics, Lung Diseases, Fungal diagnosis, Lung Diseases, Fungal microbiology, Meningitis, Cryptococcal diagnosis, Meningitis, Cryptococcal microbiology
- Abstract
This report describes a case of Cryptococcus gattii VGIIb infection of the pulmonary and central nervous systems in an immunocompetent Japanese man with a travel history, and it hypothesizes the place where he was infected with C. gattii using the genotype information.
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- 2014
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