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

著者情報

キーワード: cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus gattii, genotype VGIIb

ジャーナルフリー

2014 年 55 巻 3 号 p. E51-E54

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

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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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