Cluster of Cryptococcus neoformans Infections in Intensive Care Unit, Arkansas, USA, 2013
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coccus neoformans infection at a community hospital in Arkansas during April–December 2013, to determine source of infection. Four patients had bloodstream infection and 2 had respiratory infection; 3 infections occurred within a 10-day period. Five patients had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with diagnoses other than cryptococcosis; none Cluster of Cryptococcus neoformans Infections in Intensive Care Unit, Arkansas, USA, 2013
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