Literature DB >> 15297551

Cryptococcus infection in tropical Australia.

Adam Jenney1, Kishan Pandithage, Dale A Fisher, Bart J Currie.   

Abstract

Eighteen cases of disease caused by the saprophytic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus bacillisporus are described from the Northern Territory of Australia. The majority of infections were with Cryptococcus bacillisporus and in the rural Aboriginal population, often causing pulmonary mass lesions.

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Year:  2004        PMID： 15297551      PMCID： PMC497626          DOI： 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3865-3868.2004

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Microbiol        ISSN： 0095-1137            Impact factor:   5.948


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Journal:  Thorax       Date:  1998-07       Impact factor: 9.139

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2.  Cryptococcus gattii VGII isolated from native forest and river in Northern Brazil.

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7.  Clinical utility of the cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay in a diagnostic mycology laboratory.

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