Neglecting Genetic Diversity Hinders Timely Diagnosis of Cryptococcus Infections

J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Mar 19;59(4):e02837-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02837-20. Print 2021 Mar 19.

Dongmei Shi¹, Pieter-Jan Haas^{2

3}, Teun Boekhout^{3

4}, Rosane C Hahn^{5

6}, Ferry Hagen^{7

2

3}

¹ Department of Dermatology, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital, Shandong, China.
² Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁴ Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Mycology/Research, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
⁶ Júlio Muller University Hospital, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
⁷ Department of Dermatology, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital, Shandong, China f.hagen@gmail.com.

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Keywords: Cryptococcal antigen; Cryptococcus; Cryptococcus tetragattii; lateral flow assay.

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