title: First report of a case of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus adeliensis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.
abstract: Cryptococcus adeliensis is a recently described new fungal species which has been isolated from decaying algae in Terre Adelie, Antarctica. We report the first known case of meningitis caused by C. adeliensis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany. drimek@tllv.thueringen.de
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rimek
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lück
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Casper
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Podbielski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D016921:Meningitis, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous