Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007

Cryptococcus gattii Genotype VGIIa Infection in Man, Japan, 2007

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 Americ...

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Main Authors: Koh Okamoto, Shuji Hatakeyama, Satoru Itoyama, Yoko Nukui, Yusuke Yoshino, Takatoshi Kitazawa, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Reiko Ikeda, Takashi Sugita, Kazuhiko Koike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cryptococcus gattii
central nervous system infection
pulmonary cryptococcosis
genotype
multilocus sequence typing
parasites
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/10-0106_article

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