First report of a case of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus adeliensis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.

ABSTRACT: Cryptococcus adeliensis is a recently described new fungal species which has been isolated from decaying algae in Terre Adelie, Antarctica. We report the first known case of meningitis caused by C. adeliensis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

SUBMITTER: Rimek D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC321734 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature