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

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作者：
Bovers, Marian [1 ]
Hagen, Ferry [1 ,2 ]
Kuramae, Eiko E. [1 ]
Hoogveld, Hans L. [3 ]
Dromer, Francoise [4 ]
St-Germain, Guy [5 ]
Boekhout, Teun [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Cent Bur Schimmelcultures, Fungal Biodivers Ctr, NL-3584 CT Utrecht, Netherlands
[2] Univ Med Ctr Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
[3] Netherlands Inst Ecol, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands
[4] Inst Pasteur, Paris, France
[5] Lab Sante Publ Quebec, Ste Anne De Bellevue, PQ, Canada
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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2008年 / 14卷 / 07期
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D O I：
10.3201/eid1407.080122
中图分类号：
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号：
100102 ;
摘要：
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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