| Literature DB >> 1435954 |
R Rozenbaum1, A J Gonçalves, B Wanke, M J Caiuby, H Clemente, M dos S Lazera, P C Monteiro, A T Londero.
Abstract
The study of the clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from 83 Brazilian patients with disseminated cryptococcosis showed that 75 were C. neoformans var. neoformans and 8 were var. gattii. Twenty-seven isolates were serotyped; all 19 var. neoformans were serotype A and all 8 var. gattii were serotype B. The correlation of the varieties of C. neoformans with the presence or not of hosts predisposing conditions to the mycosis showed that: (1) cryptococcosis caused by gattii variety occurred in 7 (58.3%) of the 12 nonimmunosuppressed patients, and (2) cryptococcosis caused by neoformans variety occurred in 65 (98.5%) of the 66 AIDS patients and in all 5 patients with other immunosuppressive conditions. The comparison of the distribution of the gattii and neoformans varieties between the nonimmunosuppressed and immunosuppressed patients showed a significant statistical difference (p < 0.01).Entities:
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Americas; Bacterial And Fungal Diseases--etiology; Brazil; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Drugs; Examinations And Diagnoses; Hiv Infections; Infections; Information; Information Processing; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Latin America; Population; Population Characteristics; Records; Research Methodology; Research Report; Retrospective Studies; Rural Population; South America; Studies; Treatment; Urban Population; Viral Diseases
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1435954 DOI： 10.1007/bf00448809
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mycopathologia ISSN： 0301-486X Impact factor: 2.574