Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGI infection in New England.

ABSTRACT: Cryptococcus gattii is a known, emerging infectious disease pathogen predominantly in the Pacific Northwest, the United States, and British Columbia, Canada. We report a case of an immunocompetent adolescent from New England who had severe pulmonary and central nervous system infection caused by the VGI genotype of C. gattii.

SUBMITTER: McCulloh RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3222723 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature