Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from Eucalyptus camaldulensis in India
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Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from Eucalyptus camaldulensis in India.
Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii has an ecological association with five Eucalyptus species: E. blakelyi, E. camaldulensis, E. gomphocephala, E. rudis, and E. tereticornis. After human infections due to C. neoformans var. gattii were diagnosed in the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka, India, a study was undertaken to investigate the association of C. neoformans var. gattii wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3340-3342.1997