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.
Infectious Diseases Unit, Northern Territory, Clinical School, Flinders University, Royal Darwin Hospital, Casuarina, Australia. a.jenney@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Adam
A
Jenney
Kishan
K
Pandithage
Dale A
DA
Fisher
Bart J
BJ
Currie
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