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Cryptococcus gattii: A dilemma in diagnosis and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa an area with high HIV prevalence.

V J Robertson, T K Nyazika, L Katsidzira, T I Gutu.   

Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa contributes at least 70% of the global cryptococcal meningoencephalitis cases each year and the majority of cases are caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans species. We present a case of meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus gattii in an 18 year old apparently immunocompetent male patient from Zimbabwe.

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Year:  2013        PMID: 29144623

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cent Afr J Med        ISSN: 0008-9176


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1.  Comparison of biotyping methods as alternative identification tools to molecular typing of pathogenic Cryptococcus species in sub-Saharan Africa.

Authors:  Tinashe K Nyazika; Valerie J Robertson; Brenda Nherera; Prichard T Mapondera; Jacques F Meis; Ferry Hagen
Journal:  Mycoses       Date:  2015-12-10       Impact factor: 4.931

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