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

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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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2008-07, Vol.14 (7), p.1105-1108
Main Authors: Bovers, Marjan, Hagen, Ferry, Kuramae, Eiko E, Hoogveld, Hans L, Dromer, Françoise, St-Germain, Guy, Boekhout, Teun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS patients
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - microbiology
Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus - genetics
Cryptococcus - isolation & purification
Cryptococcus neoformans - genetics
Cryptococcus neoformans - isolation & purification
Death of
Diagnosis
Distribution
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal
Fatal Outcome
Genotype
Health aspects
Humans
Ploidies
Risk factors
Serotyping
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1407.080122