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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

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Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGI infection in New England.

McCulloh Russell J RJ   Phillips Raina R   Perfect John R JR   Byrnes Edmond J EJ   Heitman Joseph J   Dufort Elizabeth E  

The Pediatric infectious disease journal 20111201 12


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. ...[more]

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