Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa infection in man, Japan, 2007.

ABSTRACT: We report a patient in Japan infected with Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa who had no recent history of travel to disease-endemic areas. This strain was identical to the Vancouver Island outbreak strain R265. Our results suggest that this virulent strain has spread to regions outside North America.

SUBMITTER: Okamoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3321916 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature