Cryptococcus deuterogattii VGIIa Infection Associated with Travel to the Pacific Northwest Outbreak Region in an Anti-Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Autoantibody-Positive Patient in the United States

Cryptococcus deuterogattii VGIIa Infection Associated with Travel to the Pacific Northwest Outbreak Region in an Anti-Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Autoantibody-Positive Patient in the United States

Mortality rates associated with C. gattii infections are estimated to be between 13% and 33%, depending on an individual’s predisposition, and C. gattii has caused at least 39 deaths in the PNW region. There have been four other international travel cases reported in patients from Europe and Asia wi...

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Main Authors: Shelly Applen Clancey, Emily J. Ciccone, Marco A. Coelho, Joie Davis, Li Ding, Renee Betancourt, Samuel Glaubiger, Yueh Lee, Steven M. Holland, Peter Gilligan, Julia Sung, Joseph Heitman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Cryptococcus deuterogattii
travel-acquired cryptococcal meningitis
anti-GM-CSF autoantibodies
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02733-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02733-18

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