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Cryptococcus gatti serotype B isolated in Sikkim (North-East India)-A new geographical niche.

Shrijana Gurung1, Nagyal T Sherpa2, Pema Yoden Bhutia1, Jagat Pradhan1, Prakash Peralam Yegneshwaran3.   

Abstract

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gatti both cause infection in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of meningitis with C. gatti in an AIDS patient. This case to our knowledge is the first case of C. gatti being reported from Sikkim (North East India).

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Keywords:  AIDS; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gatti; HIV; Sikkim

Year:  2012        PMID： 24371730      PMCID： PMC3854611          DOI： 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.05.004

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Med Mycol Case Rep        ISSN： 2211-7539


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Authors:  M Abraham; V Mathews; A Ganesh; T J John; M S Mathews
Journal:  J Med Vet Mycol       Date:  1997 Jul-Aug

2.  Molecular epidemiology of clinical Cryptococcus neoformans strains from India.

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Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2005-11       Impact factor: 5.948

3.  Epidemiology and host- and variety-dependent characteristics of infection due to Cryptococcus neoformans in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Cryptococcal Study Group.

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4.  Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from Eucalyptus camaldulensis in India.

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Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1997-12       Impact factor: 5.948

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Authors:  P Satishchandra; T Mathew; G Gadre; S Nagarathna; A Chandramukhi; A Mahadevan; S K Shankar
Journal:  Neurol India       Date:  2007 Jul-Sep       Impact factor: 2.117

8.  The expanding host tree species spectrum of Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans and their isolations from surrounding soil in India.

Authors:  H S Randhawa; T Kowshik; Anuradha Chowdhary; K Preeti Sinha; Z U Khan; Sheng Sun; Jianping Xu
Journal:  Med Mycol       Date:  2008-12       Impact factor: 4.076

9.  Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in India.

Authors:  A A Padhye; A Chakrabarti; J Chander; L Kaufman
Journal:  J Med Vet Mycol       Date:  1993

10.  Projecting global occurrence of Cryptococcus gattii.

Authors:  Deborah J Springer; Vishnu Chaturvedi
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2010-01       Impact factor: 6.883
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