Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIb infection in Japan

Ichiro Kawamura; Katsuhiko Kamei; Kyoko Yarita; Misako Ohkusu; Kenta Ito; Mika Tsukahara; Masatake Honda; Kazuhisa Nakashima; Hiroaki Akamatsu; Hanako Kurai

doi:10.3314/mmj.55.E51

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Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIb infection in Japan

Ichiro Kawamura, Katsuhiko Kamei, Kyoko Yarita, Misako Ohkusu, Kenta Ito, Mika Tsukahara, Masatake Honda, Kazuhisa Nakashima, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Hanako Kurai

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Keywords: cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus gattii, genotype VGIIb

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2014 Volume 55 Issue 3 Pages E51-E54

DOI https://doi.org/10.3314/mmj.55.E51

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Abstract

This report describes a case of Cryptococcus gattii VGIIb infection of the pulmonary and central nervous systems in an immunocompetent Japanese man with a travel history, and it hypothesizes the place where he was infected with C. gattii using the genotype information.

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