Cryptococcus infection in tropical Australia.
Eighteen cases of disease caused by the saprophytic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus bacillisporus are described from the Northern Territory of Australia. The majority of infections were with Cryptococcus bacillisporus and in the rural Aboriginal population, often causing pulmonary mass lesions.
Jenney
Adam
A
Infectious Diseases Unit, Northern Territory, Clinical School, Flinders University, Royal Darwin Hospital, Casuarina, Australia. a.jenney@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Pandithage
Kishan
K
Fisher
Dale A
DA
Currie
Bart J
BJ
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014329:Tropical Climate
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B