Abstract
Interspecies hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii have only recently been reported. We describe a novel C. neoformans x C. gattii hybrid strain (serotype AB) that was previously described as C. gattii and that caused a lethal infection in an AIDS patient from Canada.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
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Adult
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Cryptococcus / genetics*
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Cryptococcus / isolation & purification
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Cryptococcus neoformans / genetics*
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Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal
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Fatal Outcome
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Genotype
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Humans
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Ploidies
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Serotyping