AIDS Patient Death Caused by Novel Cryptococcus neoformans × C. gattii Hybrid
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Interspecies hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii have only recently been reported. We describe a novel C. neoformans x C. gattii hybrid strain (serotype AB) that was previously described as C. gattii and that caused a lethal infection in an AIDS patient from Canada.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008