Crytococcus neoformans var. gattii in an AIDS patient: first observation in Mexico.
We report the first, as far as we know, Mexican case of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B associated with AIDS in a female patient. The HIV was transmitted to the patient through a blood transfusion. This patient represents, worldwide, the ninth case of C. neoformans var. gattii in patients with AIDS.
Castanón-Olivares
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Departamento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF.
Lopez-Martínez
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Barriga-Angulo
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Ríos-Rosas
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D065227:Transfusion Reaction